No off-switch for the light

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No off-switch for the light

Miranda held the single Yale key in the palm of her hand. Tomorrow she would have two more cut, give a spare to her mother, keep one hidden inside the flat.
The flat. Her flat. Excitement bubbled through her. The mortgage was massive, and the payments left little over for things like, well, food. But she started her new job with its salary increase in two months’ time and she coul...