Sam zips her leather jacket all the way to her chin, the collar popped. The knapsack is strapped to her back. Its weight makes her list sideways as she says, “Thank you for helping me in there. After the *** I said tonight, I wouldn’t have blamed you for letting me rot in a holding cell.
STRAPPED = SHORT OF MONEY
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Hasibul Alamstrapped
attached by means of straps
strap: a narrow piece of cloth, plastic, etc. attached to something that you use for holding or carrying it
to rot : to decay by a gradual natural process, or to make something decay in this way; to become rotten