peeling wooden door of her

ch black and slapped her h

buzzing loudly before finally casting a h

ench coat and dropped it ont

els, her bare feet hittin

tely landed on t

ter was a ceramic mug wi

pain stabbed direc

handle, and tossed it straight into th

tom with a lou

n't sto

athroom and ripped open the

shaving cream, and his expensive razor, sweep

to the bed

ripped his spare dress shirts off the

ace completely blank, her chest risi

awer of her dresser to c

t a small, velvet box t

out and flippe

d necklace. It was the very firs

rs stoppe

n hit the back of her eyes, but sh

t a dry, b

and all, into the very bott

c handles into a ti

she walked out of her apartme

avy metal door of the

ags into the dark

aping against the metal pipes as it p

eath, feeling a fraction of

partment, her cell phone was li

ed fourteen missed

hardened

e, scrolled to the bottom,

turned on the faucet, splashing f

orcelain sink and stared at he

s twice, hard, forcing th

r small desk and flip

fe, illuminating her fa

loaded the massive financial dossi

eet, this file was her only tic

n every personal emotion and sta

ification banner slid across the

a new

name read:

s: Liam's Trust Fun

s clamped down on the plastic m

ed the em

st a single, icy sentence

exactly wha

ate weapon her adoptive fam

nd leaned her head ba

ure of the storm had finally