Rosalynn put a hand over her closed one and said, “Let them terminate the contract. You'd be doing yourself a favor not staying with that kind of agency.”

“She's right. Even if the termination had not come from them, we would have persuaded you to do it yourself." Hutton agreed.

Valeria took a deep breath, her eyes beginning to water.

"They're going to ask for a huge amount. I'Ll go broke paying that off.

All those years of hard work down the drain, and I don't even have a career to go back to."