The Cost of a Free Ride
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"Ms. Sterling, this is your seventh citation."
The property manager’s assistant handed me the pink slip, his eyes darting away in guilt.
Two hundred dollars.
Including the previous six, I’d been fined $1,400 this month alone for "obstructing common areas with personal clutter."
I looked at the AED (Automated External Defibrillator) mounted in the corner of the 17th-floor landing and let out a bitter laugh. I had spent $2,000 of my own money to buy it three months ago specifically because my neighbor across the hall, Mr. Henderson, has a severe heart condition.
