't wash things clean; it j
t of her cash on a cab to get to Sebastian Vance's investment firm. In her pocket, the black card she had retrieved from the pl
st, a girl named Chloe who used to compli
Scarlett said, her voice steady d
aid, typing furiousl
ld me
. Do
te that ticked by was a minute her father sat in a
15, the heavy o
see y
leather furniture, and a view that cost more than her father's life savings.
y looking up. His eyes raked over her d
traight to the point. "Five million for bail. I'll pay
against the edge, crossing his arms. "Pay me back? With what? Pi
pping forward. "He introduced you to yo
on his lips. "Your father was... careless. In this industry, carelessn
he realization settling in her gut lik
'm just a concerned citizen who cooperated with the authorities. But I'm a gen
ument he slid toward her.
and Personal Se
ive availability... sexual comp
to be his mistress
out, his finger tracing the line of her jaw. "Victoria is boring in
man, whom she had once thou
ice water on the
rabbed it and threw the
latter. Vance sputtered, water dripping f
!" He lung
stomped her heel down, hard, ont
led, hopp
ors, past a stunned Chloe, and sprinted for the elevator. She hit the but
rs closed, she saw Vance limping into the hal
" he screamed. "You h
the metal wall, sliding down until she hit the fl
e walked blindly for blocks, her mind racing. She had
r pocket and pulled
n Sterl
ine: 212
en dollars, and went into the tiny bathroom. She washed her hands, scrubbing un
dialed t
g once
erl
impatient, and ter
erling? It's... it's Scarle
so long she thought he had hung up. She could
ally. His voice had lost the edge of imp
you," Scarlett
Sterling & Partne
where
minutes, Ms. Mill
ne wen
er eyes were hollow, her skin pale. But there was a fire
or her father anymore. She
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