A New Venture

Camilla extended her open palm, her mind already calculating exactly how far a thick stack of hundred-dollar bills would stretch this month. Rent, groceries, maybe even a new winter coat for Callum. The expectation of crisp paper grazing her skin was so vivid that when a heavy, jagged piece of cold metal dropped into her hand instead, her jaw dropped.

She stared down at her palm. It wasn’t cash.