Pache
e guest bedroom, my muscles sore fr
neat, handwritten note sat on the coffee table beside a spare ke
harp and commanding,
l to Unit 401 to retrieve my passport and birth certificate-Finley had spitefully swiped
ed his birthday as the backup keypad code for every property he owned. The lock clicked sof
rd the home office t
room, that familiar, disgusting stench of wild
s soft giggles and Finley
ey muttered, his voice thick with the heavy painkillers he must have ta
urning wave of disgu
between the Egyptian cotton sheets I had pic
ails bit into my palms, forcing
hing crystal clear. I wasn't going t
switched it to silent mode, and turne
me and angled the lens t
antly, the microphone picked up Finley's boastful voice as he used his uninjured
a out of the building personally," Finley sneered, his voice slightly slurred from pa
d the crystal-clear video file stra
grabbed my passport and certificate
on crystal wolf trophy he had bought for himself to celebrate h
raised it above my head, and hurledAS
tered into a doz
of the apartment, slamming the fr
m inside the bedroom, Finley let out
evator, hit the lobby button, and wa
h of wild roses from my lungs. I hailed a yellow cab and
the video file on my phone and set the
is corporate ascension. Today, I was going to drag hi
nd-steel skyscraper. I paid the fare, straightened my blazer,
ed suits. As I walked past the reception desk, several low-tie
Finley dumped I
one cheating with s
them without giving
ssed the button for the 15th f
ery floor, my heart beat faster-not from f
i
lked into the open-plan office, sat down
twork accessible to every single employee across all depar
hots into the attachment box, typed out a bold, unmissable
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