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men, the SUVs, the frightened school lawn, the parents who had judged me minutes before and now wouldn’t meet my eyes. The whole world had narrowed to a child’s hand gripping my sleeve.
“Here’s $100—Can you be my mom today?” a billionaire boss’s son asked—until a shy woman replied, “Keep it. Billionaires pay in secrets.”
His lips trembled. “Promise?”
“I promise.”
