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THE AUCTIONThe room went quiet when the four men walked in.I noticed it immediately the way the other women stopped talking, the way their heads turned. These weren't ordinary rich guys. There was something different about them. Something that made the air feel charged.I was standing in a small alcove backstage, away from the main floor. A woman with a clipboard had positioned me there, told me to wait.Through the curtain, I could see the main auction floor. Expensive lighting, sleek modern furniture, the beautiful women scattered around like pieces on a chessboard.The four men stood together, and I couldn't look away.The first one was in a business suit. Tailored, expensive, perfect. He had ice-blue eyes and sharp features like he was carved from stone. Something about him made me think of danger dressed up as money. He looked cold. Untouchable.The second one was older, maybe in his forties. Rugged in a way the first man wasn't. He wore a dark button-up shirt and jeans, like

THE CLUBI went to the hospital first thing in the morning.My mother was awake when I walked into her room. She looked smaller than I remembered, like the hospital bed was swallowing her whole. Her face lit up when she saw me."Sienna, baby, where have you been? I've been trying to reach you for days.""I know, I'm sorry," I said, walking over to hug her carefully. She felt so thin. "I'm here now.""The doctor said I need surgery. It's going to cost so much money, and I don't know how we're going to—"I pulled out an envelope with thirty-two thousand dollars in cash.Her face went pale."Where did you get this?" she asked, her voice shaking."I got a job," I lied. "It pays really well. It's temporary, but it's enough to cover the surgery and everything else you need.”She counted the money with trembling hands, tears streaming down her face."Sienna, this is too much. Where are you working? What kind of job pays this much?"I couldn't tell her the truth. I couldn't watch the disappoi