Chapter 3 - Pearl The Duster Reminds Her Of True Integrity
Then, Abigail froze as her gaze shifted down to the battered feather duster sticking out from the side pocket of her gray plastic cleaning cart. The wooden handle was worn smooth from thirty years of her late mother’s hardworking hands wiping away dust in upper-class homes across New York.
Her mother’s voice echoed in her memory with stark, unforgiving clarity: "We might be poor, Abby, but we leave every home cleaner and safer than we found it."
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Abigail drew in a sharp, ragged breath, pulling her hand back as if the money had suddenly burst into scalding, white-hot flames. She pressed her palms against her eyes, sobbing quietly into the quiet room while tears soaked through her faded cotton gloves.
In the surveillance suite, Julian’s finger froze mid-air, inches above the intercom console, his jaw slackening in absolute, unadulterated astonishment.
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