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She went on and on A litany of betrayals as I sat in horror

"And then," she said, without a shade of remorse "When he couldn't take it anymore, he took his own life"

I couldn't believe it She laughed at me and said the final piece that made me realize I had to leave "Just the way I'd planned it"

There was so with Lorna Lowell And I needed to get away as quickly as possible

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That's how o Lorna finally cut me off

fro I was removed from her will I lost my bank accounts Even my cell phone contract was cancelled I mean, she paid the penalty for early termination just to cut my phone bill and shoas boss

I knehat she was trying to do

She was trying to assert her doetback to her

Don't worry That's so that I'll never do

Luckily, I still had a decently paying job as a Wall Street intern Annualized, I made about 60,000 a year so I was able to open a bank account on the same day I basically had the clothes on my back and the cash in et by till payday That's when I began savingtill I finally found a one-bedroom walkup on the Lower East Side that I was able to move into

"You should just stay with me," Mason immediately offered But I knew that I didn't want to put him in that situation I want him to have me over at his place because he wants to Not because he thinks he's doing me a favor

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That's how many days out of the seven that I've had ht at Mason's place in One57 That's right, babe I moved into a new apartht

I mean, it's a pretty different world from what I was accustomed to It's a walk up No doorman No elevator