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“I’m not a hooker and I don’t strip bare. I’ve only done it a few times. I needed that money.” She swallowed. When was the last time she’d had something to eat or drink?

She was suddenly so tired, so sick of fighting to eke out an existence. Still, she pressed on. “You wouldn’t know what it’s like to be poor, would you? You wouldn’t know how hard it is to make sure your child doesn’t suffer. You wouldn’t know—” She suddenly saw two Dr. Quinton Searles. How could that be?

Both Quintons spoke. “Beth, you don’t look so good. You’re pale and—”

“I’m fine,” Beth said. She was always fine. She couldn’t afford not to be.

And then, as if fate mocked her, the world went black.