e dining room table, b
eyes were swollen red. Her face was devoid of color. T
ircase. She sat at the absolute furt
d eggs. She took one look at Jocelyn and frowned.
ad slightly. She pic
te. A notification banner from C
it. Her eyes wi
st cleared into her pe
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hake. The fork clattered
a hard man, but he takes care of you. He flew back overnight ju
t like physical slap
aste of blood and dust from last night rushed back in
care. This
her, and now he was buying her si
air. The wooden legs scrape
gry," Jocely
dining room. She didn't grab a coat. She ran
s gave out. She collapsed against the trun
the bank app on her phone. The tears she ha
y. A toy he could
screen, initiating a new transfer. She typed in Elam's a
a tiny, desperate spark of vengeance flared
tood up, and walked t
study of the Turner Mansion, El
opped up. Tran
d. He had sent the money to buy her a new
ew it back
, pens, and a crystal paperweight crashed to the f
autumn wind bit through her thin sweater. She
lled strongly of turpentine and oil paint. The ot
k of charcoal. She stared at the blank canvas, desperate to
across the rough paper
tead of drawing the plaster bust at the center
nce. The trauma
sive, and violently intense ma
re that she didn't hear the clicki
advisor and art instructor, s
eyes narrowed into sharp slits. Sh
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