Chapter 17 - Elena Rejects Every Plea For Financial Mercy Today
Victoria scrambled onto her knees, tearing open the white envelope with trembling, wet fingers.
Inside was a single printed document and a one-way bus ticket back to her hometown in Ohio.
There was no cash, no check, and no grand financial bailout to restore her luxury lifestyle.
At the bottom of the printed page was a handwritten note from Elena herself: “Earn an honest living.”
Victoria clutched the bus ticket to her chest, realizing that this was the absolute maximum mercy she would ever receive.
She looked up toward the towering glass skyscraper, watching Elena disappear into the grand lobby above.
There was no point in screaming, no point in threatening, and no point in pretending she had any power left.
She stood up slowly from the wet sidewalk, brushing the dirt off her cheap coat with a heavy sigh.
For the first time in her adult life, Victoria was forced to face the real world without a wealthy protector.
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She turned away from the corporate building, walking toward the subway station to catch her bus out of the city.
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