Three Months Earlier The first notice came on a Tuesday. Mia found it pinned to her apartment door, a folded piece of paper, wet from the rain. FINAL WARNING. Her stomach turned before she even opened it. She didn’t have to because she knew what it said. For weeks now, men had been showing up at odd hours, leaving messages, calling from strange numbers. At first, she tried ignoring them, then blocking them. But it didn’t matter because they always found her no matter where she went. That night, she sat on the edge of her bed, staring at her brother’s old photo on the table. He was smiling and carefree, the way he always was before everything fell apart. “Why did you leave me with this?” she whispered, her eyes watering. It was filled with anger, guilt and exhaustion. He had taken out a loan two years ago without telling anyone, trying to keep his small auto shop open. Then came the accident that ruined her entire family, and then the bills that came with everything, lea
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