The Woman They Humiliated Owned Everything

withdrawn,” I said.

Etta did not gasp.

That was why I loved her.

She simply asked, “Full withdrawal?”

“Yes.”

“The hospital wing will lose sixty percent of its funding.”

“I know.”

“The city matching grant will collapse.”

“I know.”

“The Veyne Foundation board will panic by morning.”

I opened my car door.

“Good.”

By sunrise, the first calls began.

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