A Betrayal She Didn’t See Coming

Kate’s POV

I sat on the curb for what felt like hours, the cold air seeping through my bones as I stared at the smoke still curling in the distance. My house was gone. My money was gone. Marcus was gone. I had nothing. But I still had connections.

I forced myself up, wiping the back of my hand across my face. Davis’s old business partners, they owed me. They were his boys, but they were powerful. More importantly, they were still in the game.  And I needed them.  

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I took the bus, because what choice did I have?—and arrived at a discreet...