BuzzNovelIn the end, it took a sedative to finally calm Carla down. Vera sat at the edge of the bed, her mind blank, not
knowing what she should do next.
Her suitcase sat nearby, and the whole hospital room was hushed, broken only by the rhythmic beeping of the
monitors.
“Vera, you should go home. I'll be fine. Really, go home,”
Those were the first words Carla spoke when she cto.
Alessia silently handed Vera a tissue.
“Thank you,” Vera murmured, wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes and sniffing quietly.
“I can approve your leave,” Alessia said, her expression composed, without a hint of pity. “You're good at your
job, and honestly, training someone new is a hassle. The company’s on the rise, so the most | can give you is
one more week. Letask you again-do you really want your parents to get divorced and bring your mother
here to live with you?”
Vera nodded. “But as long as my dad is around, my mom will never agree to cwith me.”
That was the heart of it. Her mind had been elsewhere for weeks. If she couldn’t scrape together the money,
Hamlin would go after Carla. Before she’d left home, Vera had given Hamlin a thousand dollars to keep him quiet
for a while, and another five hundred to Peggie next door to help look after her mother.
“I can put you in touch with a lawyer,” Alessia went on. “Just tell him what you want, and he’ll handle the rest. As
for your mom, I'll get her set up with a full checkup at the hospital...”
“Really?” Alessia’s words sparked hope in Vera's chest.
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She had never doubted Alessia’s capabilities-she’d been working for her for months now. If she still didn’t trust
her at this point, the problem must be with herself.
“Yes,” Alessia said. “And I'll cover all the costs. On top of that, | can offer you a raise.”
Vera's eyes lit up.
Alessia tapped her fingers on the desk. “On one condition: you sign a ten-year contract.”
“A ten-year contract?”
“That's right. If you bail after a year or two, I'll be back at square one, and | hate unnecessary trouble. But if you
stick around and keep improving, hit your targets every period, I'll make sure your family is taken care of and
your mom gets the best treatment. Of course, if you don’t deliver, the contract ends automatically.”
“Deal! I'll sign. Ten years, twenty years, whatever you want!” Vera shot to her feet, feeling as if this contract was
her lifeline.
She knew Alessia had connections. This wasn’t a bad deal, not for her-and especially not for her mother.
And, as it turned out, Vera was right. The lawyers from Libra & Associates moved fast; within three days, they'd
gathered the evidence and filed charges against Hamlin. They even used his threats as leverage and managed
to have him put behind bars.
Meanwhile, Vera brought her mother
to the city. With Alessia’s help, Carla
was admitted to heded hospital
Sfoydandgicn 4 orough
checkup. Over the next year, Carla’
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Alessia kept every promise, and Vera
never let her down. In just three
years, Vera helped grow A&P intq-a
thriving business, |akdin major
aBsBun She after another. She
hadn't even reached the end of her
ten-year contract, yet she was
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To Vera, Alessia was the light that
broke through the darkest tafher
life. Without her:Vera Quin’
sana how much longer she could
have held on—or how much longer
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Fortune might have been clever, that much was true. If he tried to recruit anyone else in the company, maybe
they'd be tempted.
But not Vera. She would never, ever betray Alessia.
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