Barefoot in the Crossfire
Three days. That was all I had left.
Neither the car nor the house had been sold yet. Mom’s jewelry brought in $50k, and some family friends scraped together another $50k for us. But we were still $300k short. A number that sat on my chest like a stone I couldn’t push off.
I stared down at the rés...
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Chapters
1. The Bold One and The Light One
2. Interview
3. New Boss
4. A Little Bird
5. First Day of Work
6. The meal
7. Burrito
8. Comparing
9. New Assistant
10. Boundaries
11. Unspoken Encounter
12. Eavesdropping
13. Audience
14. Confrontation
15. Welcome to Hawaii
16. First Name Basis
17. The Pool
18. Heat
19. Screw Up
20. Alonzo Sandwich
21. Game Is On
22. Lunch Break
23. Get In The Line
24. Under The Night Sky
25. The Kiss
26. Hand in Hand
27. Getting Along
28. Confrontation
29. Surprise
30. Punch
31. Crashing Lips
32. What Have I Done?
33. Friends with Benefits
34. Family Reunion
35. Secrets and Lies
36. Smile Alice
37. Plus one
38. Out of place
39. Slap of the reality
40. Confrontation
41. Target Acquired
42. Before the Knock
43. The Door Between Us
44. A Smile Before the Storm
45. The Line You Crossed
46. What a Daughter Carries
47. Two Weeks to Fall
48. A Ride I Didn’t Choose
49. Before the Fall
50. Barefoot in the Crossfire
51. An Impossible Request
52. Humiliation
53. The Anatomy of a Breakdown
54. The Contract
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