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Melissa dragged herself into Nick’s home later that evening. She really needed to get a key from him so she didn’t have to keep picking the locks.
Someday, his neighbors would become suspicious and report her.
Not that prison seemed like such a bad option right now. Melissa would gladly go to jail for some rest and three free meals a day.
Unfortunately, taking any time off right now meant letting the gym go. She was fighting with everything in her to keep the doors open.
After her meeting with the loan officer this morning, she had finally accepted her lack of options.
It was either pay back the loan or shut the business down.
Melissa wasted no time. That afternoon, she let go nearly half of the part-time trainers in hopes of keeping more of the profit.
The decision had been hard
