Chapter 17: A Place Kept for Her
**Lia's POV **
"I'll come."
After she said it, she saw Walter's left hand release the edge of the blanket, so she added: "In the afternoon. I have things to do in the morning."
"Where?"
"Job hunting. A girl's got to eat."
She picked up the bag she'd packed and waited for him to find someth...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: Twenty Dollars' Worth of Trouble
2. Chapter 2: A One-Month Deal
3. Chapter 3: This Paycheck Is Getting Settled
4. Chapter 4: We'll Talk When I'm Back
5. Chapter 5: Don't Give Him Anything
6. Chapter 6: Not for Now
7. Chapter 7: No Answer
8. Chapter 8: It's My Money
9. Chapter 9: It's My Money(2)
10. Chapter 10: Two Thousand Dollars to Make You Leave
11. Chapter 11: Five Hundred Dollars a Show
12. Chapter 12: Say That Again — That You Don't Know Me
13. Chapter 13: Don't Go Yet
14. Chapter 14: The Door the Brass Key Opened
15. Chapter 15: The Question She Never Asked That Night
16. Chapter 16: After the Results
17. Chapter 17: A Place Kept for Her
18. Chapter 18: The Last Argument
19. Chapter 19: The Meal Left Behind
20. Chapter 20: The Name of the Beneficiary
21. Chapter 21: That Key Stays with Me
22. Chapter 22: When He Brought Up the Future
23. Chapter 23: The Slap
24. Chapter 24: Don't Hang Up Yet
25. Chapter 25: That's the Performance Fee
26. Chapter 26: She Worked Today
27. Chapter 27: Get That Money Back First
28. Chapter 28: We Go with My Version
29. Chapter 29: Don't Schedule Me After This
30. Chapter 30: Someone Actually Stayed for the Whole Dance
31. Chapter 31: When's the Next Show
32. Chapter 32: A Brief Pause
33. Chapter 33: I Can't Make That Time
34. Chapter 34: Let Go
35. Chapter 35: This Is Money I Still Intend to Earn
36. Chapter 36: The Shop Is Mine, But the Money's Still Short
37. Chapter 37: Put My Five Hundred In Too
38. Chapter 38: She Opened the Door Today
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