The Price of Desperation

"Ms. Barlow, this is all so sudden. Did something happen?" Cecelia asked.

No matter how terrible the circumstance she was in, Nadine would never tell Cecelia that she had borrowed money from loan sharks. It was part of the Adlers' principles to never come into contact with them.

If word about this got out, Nadine would never be able to live it down. Cecelia might even use it against her to kick he