With a Vengeance

by Riley Sager

“You should know by now that we live in a brutal, cruel world populated by brutal, cruel people,” she said. “Those who react the way you just did—all that crying, all that begging for pity—are doomed. The only way to survive is to accept life’s blows and not even flinch. If you can do that, the world will know you’re a woman to be reckoned with.”