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Selena's POV
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Three days. It had been three days since the detective had dropped the bombshell—the money was gone, vanished from Victoria's account like smoke in a hurricane. And those bastards, Victoria and her partner? Clammed up tighter than a miser's fist, even with the threat of a beatdown.
I hadn’t cried. Crying wouldn’t get my money back and wouldn't fix Jacob. Instead, I had found a job, serving burgers and fries in some dump near the hotel. Rent had to be paid. Those little monsters needed something, anything, and Jacob… Goddess, Jacob's surgery was a black hole swallowing every cent I could find.
"Selena! What the hell are you waiting for?" Chef barked, yanking me back to reality. He was a whirlwind of grease and bubbling rage, juggling spi
