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The corporate pyramid rose forty floors above Chicago, each level a different circle of hell. Elena had reached level thirty-two before her hands started shaking. "You need to tak...
The fedora felt ridiculous perched on my head, a relic from noir films where men like me were supposed to look dangerous instead of tired. I'd been tailing the target for three wee...
Maya stood at the edge of the infinity pool, its orange tiles glowing like embers in the dying light. The corporate retreat had been James's idea—her oldest friend, her mentor, the...
The spinach stuck between Marcus's teeth should have been the first warning sign. Instead, Elena focused on the way the restaurant's pendant lights caught in his sweat-slicked palm...
I trace the lifeline on her palm, my fingers trembling slightly. Her skin is cool, too cool, and the fluorescent lights of the emergency room cast everything in a harsh, clinical g...
Sarah stood at her corner office window, watching the sunset turn the smog over downtown a bruised orange. She'd spent fifteen years climbing this pyramid—assistant to junior analy...
The spinach had turned to slime in the vegetable drawer, a testament to how long it had been since Dad's last coherent meal. Elena stood in his apartment, surrounded by the accumul...
Margot sat on her balcony watching the lightning split the sky above downtown Minneapolis, counting the seconds until thunder shook her wine glass. One, two, three—enough distance ...
The sphinx moth pressed against the windowpane, its dusty orange wings trembling in the dusk. Sarah watched it while the cable news droned on—some crisis halfway across the world, ...
The neon sign reflected off the swimming pool as Elena stood at its edge, martini in hand, watching the corporate pyramid scheme unravel above her. She'd been running from the trut...
Margot stood in the pharmacy aisle, staring at the vitamin supplements as if they might somehow reverse the last fifteen years of her life. At forty-seven, she'd started believing ...
Elena pulled at the loose strands of hair escaping her bun, thirty-seven and already unraveling at the edges. The quarterly review had ended two hours ago, but she couldn't leave t...