A cleaner in a high-rise faces cut hours, a son losing faith, and the offer of a brutal night shift in the basement parking. Between stairwell cracks and glass walls, she weighs loans, gold bangles, and the cost of going home.
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A cleaner in a high-rise faces cut hours, a son losing faith, and the offer of a brutal night shift in the basement parking. Between stairwell cracks and glass walls, she weighs loans, gold bangles, and the cost of going home.
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