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After her father vanished, only a misleading postcard and the burden of a debt remain, cutting her off from basic stability: credit ruined, housing threatened, and money nearly gone. At a mid-level restaurant, Sienna works while her friend Juno pushes back against denial, forcing Sienna to confront the consequences of a debt she did not legally incur. The narrative sets a tense, emotionally charged conflict that will propel the story forward.","THE DEBT  \nA Novel  \nThe Marchand Women—Book One  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n★ ★ ★ The story continues in...  \nTHE HEIRESS  \nThe Marchand Women—Book Two  \nRead The Heiress on Amazon  \n—  \nAlso by this author:  \nWhere the River Bends  \nHigher Ground  \nConnect with me:  \n[linktr.ee/edelinamaris](linktr.ee/edelinamaris)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFor the women who built their own doors.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nContents  \nChapter One  \nChapter Two  \nChapter Three  \nChapter Four  \nChapter Five  \nChapter Six  \nChapter Seven  \nChapter Eight  \nChapter Nine  \nChapter Ten  \nChapter Eleven  \nChapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen  \nChapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen  \nChapter Sixteen [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nChapter One  \nThe phone rang at 6:47 AM on a Tuesday, which meant it was the debt collectors again.  \nSienna Cole pressed her face into the couch cushion that smelled like her coworker ’s dog and let it ring. Four times. Five. The voicemail picked up, and she heard the tinny, bored voice of a man who probably had a spreadsheet open in front of him with her name highlighted in red.  \n\"This message is for Sienna Cole regarding an outstanding balance with Marchand Holdings in the amount of two million, three hundred thousand  \n\"  \n—  \nShe reached over and silenced the phone. The number was seared into her brain. $2,300,000 . Two point three million dollars. A figure so absurd that it had stopped feeling real months ago, the way a word repeated too many times dissolves into meaningless sound. Except the consequences were real. Her credit score had been gutted. Her landlord had received calls—not from Marchand Holdings directly, but from someone, and suddenly her lease hadn’t been renewed. Her bank account held $437 and change. She owed Juno three months of couch rent and approximately nine hundred favors.  \nShe sat up. Juno’s apartment was small and smelled permanently of garlic and sesame oil from the restaurant downstairs. It was 6:48 AM and the January light through the window was the color of dirty dishwater. Sienna’s uniform—black pants, white chef ’s coat—was draped over the radiator where she’d left it to dry. She hadn’t been able to afford the laundromat in three weeks. She’d washed it in the sink with dish soap.  \nThis was what her father had left her. Not a note. Not an explanation. Not even the dignity of a proper goodbye. Just a staggering debt, a disconnected phone number, and a postcard from Belize that arrived six weeks after he vanished, bearing only a smiley face and the words \"Don’t worry, Bug.\"  \nBug. His nickname for her since she was four. She’d found it endearing once. Now the word made her teeth clench.  \nShe pulled on her uniform and scraped her dark hair into a bun, studying her reflection in the bathroom mirror without really seeing it. Brown eyes, sharp jaw, a face people called “pretty” in a way that sounded like a consolation prize. Twenty-seven years old and sleeping on someone  \nelse’s couch. Her mother, who had died when Sienna was fourteen, would have been mortified.  \nNo. Her mother would have been furious—at Martin. Always at Martin.  \nThe bus ride to the restaurant took forty minutes. Sienna stood because there were no seats, gripping the overhead rail, and spent the ride doing what she always did: mental math. If she picked up three extra shifts this week, she could pay Juno something for rent. If she sold her mother ’s necklace—the small gold one with the opal—she could maybe cover her phone bill for two months. If she called the Marchand Holdings number back and offered to set up a payment plan—  \nAnd pay what? Twenty dollars a month? She’d be dead three times over before she made a dent. The debt wasn’t even legally hers. Rafael Torres, the attorney from Marchand Holdings, had explained that much in his single, clipped phone call two months ago. Martin Cole was the debtor. But Martin Cole was gone, and his daughter was the only thread left to pull.  \nThe restaurant—","cbCaim8xDzhRdw0v","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaim8xDzhRdw0v","pdf",1912349,12,290,"English","en",105,"# Chapter One\n## Chapter Two\n## Chapter Three\n## Chapter Four\n## Chapter Five\n## Chapter Six\n## Chapter Seven\n## Chapter Eight\n## Chapter Nine\n## Chapter Ten\n## Chapter Eleven\n## Chapter Twelve\n## Chapter Thirteen\n## Chapter Fourteen\n## Chapter Fifteen\n## Chapter Sixteen","[{\"question\":\"Why does Sienna Cole keep receiving calls from debt collectors?\",\"answer\":\"The calls are about an outstanding balance connected to Marchand Holdings, tied to her father’s disappearance and the Marchand account.\"},{\"question\":\"What personal consequences does the debt cause for Sienna?\",\"answer\":\"Her credit score is damaged, her lease faces non-renewal threats, her bank balance is nearly depleted, and she owes money to Juno.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Sienna cope with the pressure while working at the restaurant?\",\"answer\":\"She channels stress into pastry work, relying on the predictable rules of baking to keep her mind from collapsing.\"}]","THE DEBT - 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