Chapter 22
Failure
The woman dismissed the salesman, assuring him she’d be fine. Then she walked to a kitchen and filled a glass with cool water. “Drink this,” she said, putting it under Sophia’s nose. “Take a moment to get a hold of yourself.”
Sophia swallowed the water, choking on it in her haste to obey. The woman’s eyes never left her face, sitting opposite with her blonde hair sweeping around her shoulders. Sophia gulped until the glass sat empty in her fingers and no choice remained but to lift her eyes to face the woman observing her with cool interest. “Please don’t make us move here,” she said, a hiccup interjecting mid-sentence. “Can’t you let him wait until the end of the year? I won’t live with my mum and I’ve nowhere else to go.” Another tear coursed down Sophia’s face and
