The Value of Julie
Chapter 1 Julie looked around at her hotel room and sighed. The paint was peeling off the wall, the floor was rippled where the floor boards had risen up or sagged, and there was a pungent smell of mildew. She had only been in the city a week, but she was already having second thoughts. She had thought so long about running away. There was only so much that one could hear that they were worthless, and would never amount to anything, before they had to put it to the test. Her make-shift...