Tang Shi wasn't ready to give up, not yet. She pushed on, stubbornly searching, clinging to the hope that someone, anyone, might be able to help her... She couldn't—wouldn't—concede defeat here. It wasn't until dusk, when she was turned away from yet another law firm, that a harsh reality finally sank in. Some endings, it seemed, were predestined from the very beginning. Against an opponent like B