unnels. She stared at her reflection in the dirty window. Her hair was hacked into uneven
nie over her head to hide her hair. She pushed
looked at her with wide, terrified eyes. They shran
he center of her chair. All her pens, notebook
a single piece of paper on top of her box. He to
for her severance pay. Her rent was due in th
off the Becker empire and cost him his biggest client
bed June by the bicep, shoved the box into her chest, and
ipped down the Manhattan street. She felt the cr
hone and dialed the numbers of three other
vily. "Listen, kid. The word is out from Becker Industries. No one in the city w
ack to Brooklyn. She just wanted to crawl in
uilding. Her battered suitcase sat on the s
teps. She pointed a fat finger at June and started screaming. She
egging the woman to let her in. She reminded
cket. She ripped it into tiny pieces an
would call the cops for trespassing. She turned around an
New York winter began to fall. The temperature
tiff and bright red from the cold. She pulled out her phon
Jessica Cole answered. The sound of crash
er that Gage had blacklisted her. She had
called June an idiot for provo
a small town in upstate New York and hide for a few years. She dema
ow she could be so heartless. She reminded her
id she would wire five hundred d
e on the line. The last ember of
r arm back and hurled her phone directly at the brick wall of the apartm
se. She turned her back on her build
hes. People rushed past her on the sidewal
zing fingers into her coat pockets. She pulled out three qu
s grew dark and empty. June dragged her suitcase b
rough the heavy snow, her h
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