The Missing Life Raft

NORA

The subway car rattled against the tracks, shaking my bones as I stared at my dark reflection in the scratched window. I had made my choice. I walked away from Arthur and his twisted, dangerous contract. Losing my steady paycheck at Vanguard stung. It felt like a punch straight to the gut. But as the train screeched to a halt in Hell’s Kitchen, I forced my shoulders back. I had to stay posit