and boiled cabbage. Bronwyn drip

chewing her fingernails. She j

you? I've be

p," Bronwyn said, shiv

by. He said if we don't pay the arrear

s. Eviction. Prison. B

led... they want a fifty thousand

portable, military-grade tissue scanner she'd acquired in a previous life. It was worth a fortune on the blac

a thick envelope of cash in exchange for the case. Four hund

stared at the water stain on the ceiling. It lo

laptop toward her.

ey donation pri

laptop shut. "Are you insane?

, the dam breaking. "My dignity? Nobody wants

er, crying in the da

ronwyn felt a cold, hard

. The card she swore

he knelt down and dragged a

ic composite. And a photo. A photo of a massive estate in Long Island. Tucked behind the p

elps dynasty. The secret Elsworth Phel

dress. It was cheap

you going?"

e scalpels in her purse. "Or heaven

ber. Destinatio

lmost every last dol

beat against the roof like