Chapter 78

• Three months later …
• Milana looked at herself in the mirror. Her eyes looked hollow, her cheeks sunken in. Her hair had lost its luster and her stomach was so big she couldn’t even see her feet. The last five months had not been easy, but somehow she'd come this far.
• She still worked for Clean and Shine and she still had the weekend shifts. Her utilities were expensive and for the last three months she went without electricity for the last four days of each month. She’d tried to be careful with her money but her well had dried up two months ago.