Burned and Crowned
He mulled it over, then whispered, "Alright, you're in. Just remember the deal: $2,500 a month, cash. Bail early, and you don't see a dime. And if trouble comes knocking, this place doesn't exist, got it?"
"Got it."
That night, I claimed my spot in the staff dorm, a six-bunk stinkhole, where mold wrestled with the stench of cheap cologne, all under the watchful grind of an old fan.
However, it was my fortress of solitude, bought and paid for by me.
Come morning, my dad's henchman sniffed me out and ratted to the old man.
Dad's voice thundered through the phone, "Put Harriet on!"
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