e was something more than us. Something out there that could protect us and love us like our parents had never done. As a child I'd gotten on my knees before my bed d

ars and loneliness that had come with becoming a mother to my young sibling

school, with an envelope full of money, my heart had burst

rom?," I hadn't realized I was s

n was a mix of shame, defiance and d

you steal the money? Who

, "I didn't steal th

o. "You have

o me? I didn't steal it

h possibilities, "what

roceries and pay the phone bill and ride the bus. During one of my deliveries, I saw the code to

story was going, "no Ken. As

sent me my cut. It's twenty-five thousand dollars. I didn't even want to touch the money.

y dead!,

it. I was going to retur

viously weren't going to tell me about this. W

, the guys that we stole from were some sort of gang. And they caught one of Holly Kay's boys goofing

them. They'd probably find this Holly Kay and the rest of his crew, collect back their money and rough them up a bit. Worst case scenario, they find you, you return the twenty-fi

ustion, madness, but I was calm as I threw on my hoodie and ratty sweat pants and stepped out into the kitchen/living room. Kendall flew out her door and into my back, clutching my shoulder and shaking with terror, I put my chin up and faced the two men who had stepped in

are here." It w

e your money. All of it.

s eyes narrowed.

e was eye to eye with me, "Ken. Go bring their money" she finally seemed to register what I was saying. She jumped into a flurry of movement, bolting into the miniscule hallway

he money "nobody likes being stolen from. We-" he stilled the

s it. Twenty-five thou

uck with me. Holly Kay s

s a lying piece of

igger guy stepped forward. The ro

look like you're gonna be able to pay the rest before I leave on Monday. I can of course find a way to sell your other services to complete it," his suggestion was so obviou

is all he gave me," Kendall's

to me sweetheart.

d monster st

. Stop,"I

, "we are here for your sister.

money Monday," Kend

arch for you. Owen will make it painful. I'd tell you to ask Holly Kay, but he's squashed brain on the side of a road right now. Have a goodnight swe

earch of Ken. I found her kneeling before the toilet bowl, dry heaving. I held

ed and four dollars to my name and that was from scrimping and saving. Ken probably had about the

make ten thousand

ease." I dragged her up to her feet and to the sink

s mess. Allow me

en

Isn't something, no matter how crazy it is, better than nothing. We have nothing to lose

skin was entirely too sallow. My eyes sunken and ringed with blue circles. My lips were cracked and broken where I'd chewed t

rd about Shei

brows, "No.

Macallan. Billionaire extraordinaire. The one that own

a Macallan service. Either their resorts, hotel chains, lux

rappings. Six months ago, Ian O'Malley, millionaire play boy broke up with her after a fifty-five day relationship. Nobody has ever broken up with Sheila Macallan before. She's alwa

stupid. "Can't she j

ut it. It's this really exclusive thing. Anybody who can date Ian O'Malley for longer than fifty-five days and dump him public

ubbish? Ken baby, if Sheila with her billionaire dad and two hundred dollar hair cut coul

Uhm, two very attractive girls

keep a man who doesn't want to be kept. We have less than forty eight hours t

'll meet up with Sheila Macallan, strike a deal or something. And if worse comes to worst,

e cannot put a billionai

this right now. Life has been dealing us a shitty hand at every turn. It's high time we fight our horrible fate with some fire. I'm not going to lie around, crying and making myself sick with anticipation of how baldie is going

, fucki