on. He was a complication she didn't need. The penthouse, once
ag with a few changes of clothes and her essentials.
at school. For the
note on the kitchen island, her scr
I'm mov
"Her handwriting is atrocious." But as he tossed the note in the trash, a strange, unfa
creet, brutally modern building in the heart of the financial distr
girl from Appalachia, but with the deep, deferential respect reserved for the ar
her palm on a scanner, then her eye. With a series of nea
Instead, meticulously organized racks held disassembled rifles, handguns, and tactical gear. Stac
She snapped it open on a steel table. It was filled to the brim with pristine, bundled hundred‑dol
The dorm she was assigned to was old, brick, and covere
ountain of designer luggage. Her expression shifted from shock, to a
me live in this dump for the semester. And of all people, I get you as a roommate." She laughed. "Oh, right. I hear
her duffel bag on the empty
heatrical pity. "You know, you look a little... rough. I'm sure you d
ndred‑dollar bill, holding it out between two fingers as if
efcase on her desk, and snapped open the latches. The lid l
ut of her head. The hundred‑dollar bill suddenly looked patheti
fcase, the latches clicking shut one by one. Then she turned her back on Savannah and went
, blotchy red, shaking with a rage she couldn'
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