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and, tucked neatly between them, a single plastic card.

Her first salary card in her name alone.

She held it between her fingers, remembering the fear that had accompanied blocking it. The pounding heart. The shaking hands. The certainty that everything would change once she pressed that button.

It had.

The card itself was meaningless now. She barely used continue reading …