st the filthy brown carpet. Burt groan

her knees and picked up the first page

ies. The clauses were brutal, stripping the Hicks family

ed the paper from her mother. "No way!"

he looked at them the way

ck out and tapped the s

recording fille

the house up. Just give me the

ing with the bookie of an

ut of his head. The color completely drained fr

t file is currently sitting on a proxy server on

ou have two choices. Sign the papers, take the m

t. "Or I hit send right now. The IRS and the casino enf

money already in their accoun

ollar, shaking him violently. "Sign it! Burt, sig

tred burning in his eyes. But when he met her dead, emotion

offee table and grabbed a cheap blue ballpoi

o argue, but the look on

e and aggressively scribbled his

officially giving up all guardianship and financial c

sgust washed over her, followed immediate

off the table. She flipped through them, her

hoved them into her jacket, and turned

d at her back. "Karma is going t

e turned her head slightly, her

Jaden said softly. "You

into the freezing New York night. The hea

dumpster was a black, unmarked SUV. The window rolled down. A man in a d

nd continued walking. Her equipment was secu