London. A city that, on the outside, was one of the most celebrated and visited cities in the world. Its history spanned nearly two millennia. The old mixed with the modern, London boasted some of the most photographed locations by tourists worldwide. For me, the London they saw was just an illusion. The divide between the wealthy and the poor was vast, although subtly hidden by London's grandeur. It was rare to see the p...

I took the elevator to find Livia standing naked at her door; I wondered how she would have reacted if it was someone other than me. Then again, with the price she paid for this place, she probably would have known it was only me coming up. Livia told me to leave the cleaning for later and led me directly into her bedroom. The room was larger than my bedroom, with a grand four-poster bed and a complete blackout blind. The...