ted windows of the Queens apartment, illuminati

d the front

ing a pair of three-hundred-dollar gaming headphones, v

ned bathrobe and holding a mug of coffee. When she saw

ight out there," Agnes sneere

past Agnes and headed for her tiny, win

drums. "Good. Because I already told Mr. Henderson we're

ered suitcase from under her bed, and sta

m and grabbed Amira's wrist, her nails digging

yes were dead. "I found a way to

screeching laugh. "Did you sell yourself on the

ever tiny, pathetic thread of biological loyalt

ood up and looked at Agnes like she wa

thing," Amira said, her voice eerily

s lost her mind. She realized Amira w

a rabid dog, grabbing th

women struggled in the cramped

ocked loose, hitting the floor and fanning open. Agnes's eagle eyes instantly

unadulterated greed. Amira snatched it back instantly and shoved it down the

tone instantly flipped. "Amira, sweetheart, you found a r

weet face. Her stomach physically revolted

nt," Amira said

f pure malice. She realized manipula

one second to grab her p

ted out o

L

oden door sh

o the door and twisted the

k. C

ck snapping shut echoed from the hallway.

ery blow, her head throbbed harder, and the room bega

er voice cracked, the adrenaline that h

gh the wood. "You are not leaving this room until M

ezing rain from the night before suddenly caught up with her. A