tood in front of the crack
ick liquid over the dark purple bruise blooming on her forearm. She h
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rk. Increasing th
corners of her mouth slowly curled up. A warm
he wasn't completely heartless. H
emoji. She grabbed her worn canva
the lobby of Finch Tech. The small tech company sat on the dusty edge of Long Island City, Queens, tucked between a warehouse and a shut
t for her desk. It was shoved into a dark corner, rig
s the power button on her computer, a he
da j
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put into a PowerPoint by five o'clock," Preston o
stack. It was easil
d, trying to keep her voice steady. "I still have to wr
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tendance bonus for the mo
. Complaini
ach dropped.
other-in-law of Frieda's sister, Cora, str
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heir typing. They watched the scene with mock
it hurt to breathe. The humiliati
rising in her mouth. Sh
urned away from them and aggressively
the concrete stairs in
She chewed on a dry,
d her sister Cora's number. She ju
on the third
. In the background, a baby was
Marge is on a rampage today.
h panic. "Just do whatever she says. Please. If you fight
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aw terror in he
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g up th
wall. The weight of her toxic family pressed down on her c
y, the image of Dewitt's tex
a bo
ptive father, calling for another "loan" to cover his gambling debts. He always called
le, hostile world, her fake, cold husband was the onl
y. She shoved the rest of the san
en and walked back into the snake
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