ssistant with a curt nod, then turned and walked away without a final glance. The assistant was pr
ver and nausea. The assistant handed her a packet. Insid
said mechanically. The allowance will
She landed in Philadelphia, a city where she knew no one. A pre-arranged car service
onal, and suffocatingly lonely.
but lie in bed, the fever slowly breaking. She survive
dragged herself to the nearest ATM t
delay. A banking error. She w
r was dwindling fast. She tried the only contact number she had, the assist
w butler answered, a man whose voice she didn't recognize. He informed her that the Mat
tomach. Her last lifeline had been cut. Josef. It
e apartment. Her blood ran cold. The lease was only for one month. A note had been slipped und
lie. A temporary measure to get her out of New York quietly. She w
n, terrified ghost. Her hand instinctively went to her stil
the despair. A new, hard resolve began to form in the
er phone and a prepaid card. There was one last call she could
ride and humiliation, she dialed
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