BLOOD MONEY{Playlist Suggestion: "You Don't Own Me" by SAYGRACE / "bury a friend" by Billie Eilish}~CHELSEA POV~The apartment felt different when I walked in.Usually, the air was stuffy, serious with the scent of cheap cigarettes and my mother's coldness. But today, there was an intense, acrid smell. Like fear.I dropped my keys in the bowl. My phone was buzzing...Zoe asking if I was okay, Kade checking in...but I ignored it. I had a shift at The Mirage in three hours. I needed to shower, eat, and put on my armor."Chelsea."The voice came from the kitchen table. Samuel.I stiffened, my hand instinctively going back to the door handle. But I stopped myself. I wasn't the girl who hid in bathrooms anymore. I was the girl who walked into lion's dens and signed contracts with devils.I walked into the kitchen.Samuel was sitting at the table. A half-empty bottle of vodka sat in front of him. But it was his right arm that caught my attention.It was in a cast. A fresh, white plaster ca
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