Once William let Lucy go, she pulled out her lipstick and threw it at his face. It hit his lip and fell to the ground. William touched his lip and smiled when he saw that he was bleeding. He bent down and picked up the lipstick. As Lucy cried, with tears streaming down her face, it suddenly occurred to him that Lucy had never asked for a cent from him. Furthermore, he had never offered her any money either. It was no wonder, he realized, that she was so anxious to get a job.
This is all my fault, William admitted to himself. "I am sorry,” he said, “I haven’t been taking care of you properly.”
William pulled a credit card out of his wallet and gave it to Lucy. “This is yours,” he said. “It has no limit.”
Lucy pushed the card back on him and said, “I don’t want your money. I want the mone
