“IF YOU DON’T PAY UP, I WILL PERSONALLY THROW YOU OUT.”

Liora jolted awake at the sound of shouting.

For a moment she lay still on the small bed, her heart pounding wildly against her chest. She blinked several times, trying to shake away the last traces of sleep.

Another loud voice echoed through the bakery.

Her stomach tightened.

The voices were coming from the front of Nadine’s bakery.

Yesterday, Nadine had offered her a place to sleep after seeing her sitting alone outside the shop with now