Chapter 18

After that, Harvey hired several bodyguards for me. They accompanied me everywhere I went, like live surveillance cameras he'd planted by my side. I knew they reported every move I made back to him. But I didn't particularly care. I just pulled up a number on my phone that I hadn't dialed in a long time. "Hello? You want money, don't you? Let's meet." The person on the other end agreed quickly. "You pick the time and place," I said. He sent me the location—an abandoned factory. When I drove there, he seemed to have been waiting for a while. The moment he saw me, he flashed a fawning grin full of yellow teeth. "Stella, you actually remember you have a father?" I looked at the cigarette butts littering the ground and covered my nose in disgust. "How much do you want this time?" "Give me 50 grand for now. If it's not enough, I'll come back for more." This was how he used to extort money from Enna after she'd dropped out of school to work. If Enna said she didn't have any, he'd b