lobby sofa pressed painf

ing in Brooklyn. Her phone was gripped tightly in her sweaty pa

ngine cut through the street noise. A

d-bottom heels that clicked sharply against the

up at the corner of the ceiling. The red light on

iane and threw a heavy man

legs made Adriane jump. She fumbled wi

Her voice dripped with arrogance. "He waived the thirty-day

e envelope. Her fingers brushed against thick legal pape

rged. The check was fake. Kassidy had printed them

Her lips brushed cl

ke a snake sliding over gravel. "Selling your dignit

ed the fake papers so hard they crumpled.

g about you feels borrowed, Kassidy.

est secret. The "life-saving" debt Ch

urderous rage cros

Kassidy had texted him five minutes prior: Chase, I'm a little scared to give Ad

idened in calcul

riane's right hand-the hand holdin

Adriane panicked, tryin

pushed open. Chase's tall, im

eyes landed on them, Kassidy used Adriane's h

ac

in the empty lobby. A bright red handpri

ew herself onto the dirty floor,

air. Her fingers tingled from th

ripped from C

Adriane by the shoulders and

ling plaster wall. The fake documen

oked at the red mark on her face. When he turned his head to look at Adria

k," Kassidy cried into his shirt, her voice

hind him. He looked at Adriane as if

ating with rage. "You get nothing. And tomorrow, m

assidy and walked out the d

r hands over the dirty tiles, gathering the scattered, useless papers, complet