she watched a man, a heavily built man in a wife beater, converse with

. Just need to figure out a ne

ingered around after questioning people, especially

e there to care for the kids. And then Child Protective Services would step in and take them away, and the life s

eady could hear the ocean of whispers if she had to sneak back to TENZ JER'SEY with the

nto her palms. She was worth more than her father's

t be a way to get around this. Think, Kyoline. It was obvious they did

leave the guns behind, she'd be free. I

he were a chessboard. All the potential moves and ultimate locations. Thinking about how she could stay

That would involve crawling across the thin space between the houses. B

aught the attention of MIA as she walked down the opposite side of the street. He nod

iting for the hand to switch to the

. There was no more suspicious than to try and race across

een the houses. It was such a close fit. Her hoodie got caught. She pushed the

th

on her upper lip. Then she listened to one of the

herself agai

?" MIA's scornful voice dr

ed to look around the corner. The back of the cop was turned to he

d, careful not to make any sound at all. She slowly opened the gate, being careful to l

g her a glimpse of the run-down interior.

the envelope of money taped to the top, dashed out th

Thank God

eet, the hold on her chest relaxed a bit. She slumped her shoulders and walked in the opposite direction of

. He replied with another thumbs up and an offer to meet him back at his of

onth, a

st few days was final

she was doing was

was a d

how to make everyth

ol a few weeks prior, and now she tried to work as many shifts here as she could. Everything in her life seemed like a dream. Up

well. If only it were so easy to

as she wiped down a glass, a cre

g all righ

line a fleeting

" LOTS was her

end, but now he says he can't because his new girlfriend doesn't get on with child

as you switched a l

she has a mani-pedi that she can't possibly cancel, and then she's wor

e out of paying her back in full. And Kyoline fervently prayed that she wasn't actually poiso

You already dealt with me this week, and

y, and she felt a little sad because she was so looking forward to it, but Lydia was a single mother, and her own mom was

id Kyoline, squ

ottles of liquor from the storeroom. She returned after a minute with a tray of new bottles and called out

nd she could feel her words f

g a double blowjob?" CAT M'NOO cackl

dia as the titters reverbe

rich mafia husband and wasting her time bothering Kyoline's life. She went out of her way to belittle her a