rapped around a cup of coffee that had long gone cold
to surrender, agreeing to go to the hotel, but insiste
gn compliance, placate Beverl
expensive suit, and sat opposite Holl
erley stirred her own coffee, her voi
managing a weak "Mmm," a
across the table. "This is a declaration relinquishi
through her. It was all so clear now. Beverl
Sign it, and I'll give you the photo negat
the table. Finally, she picked
her purse, a satisfied smile on her face.
ble. You need to have some energy
m bells screamed in her head. Th
" she said, pushi
is, don't be ungrateful. Do you
Hollis, and grabbed her chin in a
up the glass and poured the co
g and sputtering, but mo
p form with the detached cruelty of someone squashi
and weakness washed over he
suits entered the café, hoisted Hollis up
ding, a primal survival instinc
dug her fingernails deep into her own palm. The sharp
stopping in front of The St. Regis, o
d through a service entrance and into an
plush wool. Hollis's heart hammered against
for an escape. Her palm was
oor of 803. One of them rais
hall, the door to room 808 was slightly ajar, as i
her onl
s summoned the last ounce of her strength. She wrenched herself free from t
he ajar door, stum
ried out, her voice
lack, and she collapse
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