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\u201cYou\u2019re useless,\u201d a voice snapped.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It was Sloane. But it wasn\u2019t the voice she used at galas. It wasn\u2019t the sultry, sophisticated tone she used when asking for my credit card. It was guttural, sharp, and dripping with venom.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Then came a thud\u2014heavy, dull, like meat hitting wood.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I froze. My blood turned to slush in my veins.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cPlease\u2026\u201d My mother\u2019s voice followed, small and trembling, a sound I hadn\u2019t heard since the days the debt collectors used to bang on our apartment door. \u201cI\u2019m trying, Sloane. I didn\u2019t mean to spill it.\u201d<\/div>\n
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