Chapter Ten
Reine ate the rest of the half sandwich, tasting the off-ness of the deli meat, but at least she wouldn’t be hungry. She downed a glass of water before shoving on her shoes, seeing the hole in the toe and picturing her first check, which she expected next Thursday. She’d pick up groceries first, just the items she knew would be on sale, and maybe a new pair of shoes.
When she heard a knock on the door, she stared at it and instantly went to her feet. The alarm that shot through her was an unwelcome friend that had been there too long. There was just something about visitors, first Manny and then the O’Connells. She feared the next would be a cop there to arrest her and drag her back to jail. Maybe Marcus himself. Something whispered in her ear that reality was just around the
