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's trust fund right now! How dare you hi
she hadn't heard in three years. The voic
ere she had taken her last breath. This was her old apartment-the one she'd rented before t
ying-the cold, the darkness, the f
r. A brutal yank slammed her against the wall. Her spine hit
was real. She was back, to the
s rattled. A bloated, unshaven face loomed inches from hers. Red veins
he infected during the first wave. So why was he here, alive, still breathing, s
he snarled, spittle flying. "Your
odega calendar hung there-a faded picture of the St
Thirty days unti
o rot. No hunger. No walking corpses. Just her father-drunk, violent, and v
her family torn apart. And then-darkness. Death. And now, she was back. Back to the beginning. Back to thirty days befo
ce for defiance. Rag
you can i
palm and swung it
ed among the city's ruins, only to die anyway-hesitation mean
slap missed. Frank's palm slamme
ected stomach. A gurgling scream tore f
grabbed the cold, heavy bas
ry bled into murderous hatred. He spotte
stepped forward and swung the
clutching his injured wrist. He stared at her, stunned. This was
"If you set foot here again, it w
et and lurched for the door. She kicked him hard in the bac
hut. Click. Click. Dea
numb hands. She buried her face and trembled. Hot tears spilled-tears of shock,
ody. When she lifted her head, her eyes
nk, she saw her younger self: unscarred, no longer haunted by despair. Just a girl thrown back to the
he twisted the combination. Click. Inside lay her mother's trust documents and several unlimited black ca
ern masking a plea for money. She swiped it away. Opened the calendar app. Found th
glowed: 29 days, 23
dialed her Wall Street wea
e. A crisp professi
ckett. Schedule me for the first appointment tomorr
bullets, canned food, clean water, and a fortified shel
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