They Demanded a 60-Course Birthday Feast to Prove They Owned Me — So I Delivered Exactly 60 Dishes, and an Eviction Notice
I, at last, stopped protecting him from the consequences of himself, and let the consequences arrive.
That the arrival was sweet is not my shame.
It is only the taste of a scale that has been out of balance for five years finally, and violently, and rightly, coming level.
I earned that champagne.
I drank all of it, and I poured myself a second glass, and I watched until their cab came, and I have never regretted a single sip.
Chapter 17 — The Clawback
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