Chapter 153: The Call Home
August 18th, 2008, New York
Nina's POV
The line went silent for a long moment. When Mom spoke again, her voice was broken and hollow.
"Nina... June is gone."
The words hit me like a physical blow. The phone nearly slipped from my trembling hands. "What do you mean gone? Mom, what are you talking abo...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: Wrapped Around Her Ankle
2. Chapter 2: Meat Is Meat
3. Chapter 3: No Interest
4. Chapter 4：Fed The Whiskey
5. Chapter 5: The Reconstructed Face
6. Chapter 6: Two Buttons Short
7. Chapter 7: Her Name
8. Chapter 8: Fish Girl
9. Chapter 9: He Laughed When I Swore
10. Chapter 10: Bike Race
11. Chapter 11: Mrs. Chen’s Fried Chicken
12. Chapter 12: Teenage Longings Under Night’s Veil
13. Chapter 13: Just Boat Whores
14. Chapter 14: When Heroes Fall
15. Chapter 15: Lights on the Water
16. Chapter 16: Unraveling Threads
17. Chapter 17: You Weren't This Cold In Bed
18. Chapter 18: The Most Gifted Softball Student
19. Chapter 19: Every Man's Sexual Fantasy in Town
20. Chapter 20: They're Inside
21. Chapter 21: August 30,Transfer Day
22. Chapter 22: Hit and Run-In
23. Chapter 23: Bad Habits in the Dark
24. Chapter 24: The Yellowed Bra
25. Chapter 25: Unexpected Kindness
26. Chapter 26: You're Going to Win
27. Chapter 27: Blue Ostrich
28. Chapter 28: She's Got More Backbone Than You Do
29. Chapter 29: Second Place Son
30. Chapter 30: Midnight Visitor
31. Chapter 31: Maybe We Could Try
32. Chapter 32: Champion Fucker
33. Chapter 33: The Real Clown
34. Chapter 34: White Daisies and My Guilt
35. Chapter 35: A Piece of Fabric
36. Chapter 36: The Photography
37. Chapter 37: She Wasn't As Sexy and Beautiful As You Are
38. Chapter 38: Lover from New York
39. Chapter 39: When the Wind Howls
40. Chapter 40: Coward
41. Chapter 41: It's For Your Mom
42. Chapter 42: The Five-Thousand-Dollar Secret
43. Chapter 43: Blood on Marble
44. Chapter 44: Christmas Eve in a Cell
45. Chapter 45: Maybe My Mother Is Right About Girls Like You!
46. Chapter 46: Kneeling for Mercy
47. Chapter 47: Faded Dream
48. Chapter 48: She Would Never Commit Suicide
49. Chapter 49: It's Always The Husband
50. Chapter 50: Perfect Answers
51. Chapter 51: The White Sheet
52. Chapter 52: The Uninvited Guest
53. Chapter 53: So Who’s Stealing Whom?
54. Chapter 54: You Can Shoot?
55. Chapter 55: The Last Conversation
56. Chapter 56: Missing
57. Chapter 57: When the Wolves Come Calling
58. Chapter 58: The Debt Collectors
59. Chapter 59: You Can Use Your Bodies as Collateral
60. Chapter 60: The Floating Casino
61. Chapter 61: The Special New Home
62. Chapter 62: The Woman from New York
63. Chapter 63: The Leap
64. Chapter 64: The Empty Apartment
65. Chapter 65: Mistress of the Mob
66. Chapter 66: The Grave Visit
67. Chapter 67: The Loaded Gun
68. Chapter 68: The Woman Shared by Father and Son
69. Chapter 69: Moans Through Thin Walls
70. Chapter 70: 2800 Dollars
71. Chapter 71: Do I Really Look Like A Peach Now?
72. Chapter 72: You're Gonna Need It
73. Chapter 73: Why Not Sell Houses Instead of Softballs
74. Chapter 74: Dream big. Close bigger!
75. Chapter 75: I'm A Screw-up
76. Chapter 76:Dialing Danger at Midnight
77. Chapter 77: My New York Dream Has Come True
78. Chapter 78: Maybe He Has Something on Nina's Mother
79. Chapter 79: Not Her Boyfriend At All
80. Chapter 80: The Lie Unravels
81. Chapter 81: Hand On My Thigh
82. Chapter 82: Monica Disappeared
83. Chapter 83: Shared Secrets
84. Chapter 84: She's Cheating!
85. Chapter 85: Women's Weapons
86. Chapter 86：Body as Currency
87. Chapter 87: Sold for Nothing
88. Chapter 88: Last Resort
89. Chapter 89: The Rules Behind This City
90. Chapter 90: The Revelation
91. Chapter 91: Homecoming
92. Chapter 92: Frosting and Cracks
93. Chapter 93: The Sex Tape Threat
94. Chapter 94: Stay Tonight
95. Chapter 95: Special Roommate
96. Chapter 96: The Missing Year
97. Chapter 97: Stripper Roommate
98. Chapter 98: Back to Square One
99. Chapter 99: Dreams Deferred
100. Chapter 100: False Accusations
101. Chapter 101: Every Bare Inch
102. Chapter 102: New York Cops
103. Chapter 103: His Crazy Proposal
104. Chapter 104: New Beginnings
105. Chapter 105: First Time in His Room
106. Chapter 106: Studying Between the Sheets
107. Chapter 107: Letting Go
108. Chapter 108: Sleeping Her Way to the Top
109. Chapter 109: The Fallen Man
110. Chapter 110: Coffee Shop Memories
111. Chapter 111: The Last Lesson
112. Chapter 112: How Did You Become a Stripper?
113. Chapter 113: Power in the Spotlight
114. Chapter 114: Lupus
115. Chapter 115: The Butterfly Rash
116. Chapter 116: The Decision
117. Chapter 117: Trapped
118. Chapter 118: Cold Barrel
119. Chapter 119: The Boyfriend Nobody Saw
120. Chapter 120: Confessions
121. Chapter 121: The Golden Palace
122. Chapter 122: The Porcupine Without Quills
123. Chapter 123: Stocks Rise, Clothes Fall
124. Chapter 124: Roulette of Desire
125. Chapter 125: Bondage
126. Chapter 126: The Dow and the Whip
127. Chapter 127: The Allure of Passive Income
128. Chapter 128: The Fall
129. Chapter 129: Stripped by the Market
130. Chapter 130: Stage Name
131. Chapter 131:The Forgotten Sister
132. Chapter 132: The Night of the Murder1
133. Chapter 133: The Night of the Murder2
134. Chapter 134:The Victim Turned Killer
135. Chapter 135:First Strip
136. Chapter 136: A Face Worth Chasing
137. Chapter 137: The Final Bid
138. Chapter 138: Unveiled and Unwanted
139. Chapter 139: The Arrest Warrant
140. Chapter 140: Twins
141. Chapter 141:Eden Island
142. Chapter 142: A Night of Blanks and Bruises
143. Chapter 143: Red Marks on the Inner Thighs
144. Chapter 144: What the Photos Revealed
145. Chapter 145: Confrontation
146. Chapter 146: The Choice
147. Chapter 147: The Shot
148. Chapter 148: The Final Bargain
149. Chapter 149:Even Tears Forbidden
150. Chapter 150: Marked and Mocked
151. Chapter 151: I Know Everything
152. Chapter 152: The Last Gift
153. Chapter 153: The Call Home
154. Chapter 154:Voices She Never Told
155. Chapter 155: Stay With June
156. Chapter 156:The Beast Is Awake
157. Chapter 157: The Body at Dock 9
158. Chapter 158:Tyler's Confession
159. Chapter 159: Vivian's Statement
160. Chapter 160: Tara's Statement
161. Chapter 161: The Search at Dock 9
162. Chapter 162: Are you scared?
163. Chapter 163: Spit the Pill
164. Chapter 164: Awake in the Dark
165. Chapter 165: Hidden Truths
166. Chapter 166: Golden Shackles
167. Chapter 167: Empty Home
168. Chapter 168: The Madhouse
169. Chapter 169: Sex Trap
170. Chapter 170: A Dangerous Bargain
171. Chapter 171: The Final Gift
172. Chapter 172: From Now On, You're Tara
173. Chapter 173: The Vault
174. Chapter 174: Ghosts of the Past
175. Chapter 175: The Unexpected Bastard
176. Chapter 176: The Perfect Setup
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