pte
's
e more week! I swear
nd I still had no 5 million
on a ver
g up and I had no where else to get
ds trembling as I held onto the man's shoe. The c
nths, Ava. Do you think we run a charity organ
, ignoring the disgusted stares of the bar custo
it was a cruel an
orrowed , gambled , and left you to clean up their mess. That's not my proble
ned down
g double shifts , but I pushed mysel
anything.. Just
asted blood. My lip was split
begun to suffer yet. If you don't have the m
t stopped. "W..
"Never mind, just make sure you ge
my lungs. The room spun.
the dirty floor, surrounded by shattered glass a
ision was blurred. My fingers dug into the ground.
ed my arm and yanked me to my feet. "Do you think customers wanna see
it self again, take your person
h the back of my han
bent down , picking up the br
muttered. "Always crying. Always b
ed everything. Not lik
o heavy. My ches
n dollars.
finitely
month scrubbing floors , wiping ta
er pay off tha
e gripping the glass to
was one more wound? One more scar ? One more reminder
apped my hand in a dirty
d on. My feet sc
if I stopped , if I let myself think
hift ended, I co
he back door, shiverin
it won't drop, my knuckles turned white
doctor,
, we will be forced to stop the surgery,"
cked. "Please.. she
't keep waiting. The ho
spered , "I don't have it yet. P
will be canceled by midnight.
e cold, dirty floor of the bar's restroo
ed to myself. "Where am I suppos
n a hospital bed , was slipping away from me. I had
s a bar cleaner wasn't enough to f
every second of every day. But ton
despair. "Ava!" the bar owner , Mr. Carson,
the dimly lit bar , I noticed three men in suits standing n
, with his voice deep and smooth , but s
onfused because I couldn't
t the regula
men smirked. "Your debt
gid. "I.. I'm trying.
head. "Time is u
lease! I don't have it yet
t anymore," he said, stepping closer.
t, a cloth was pres
t and everywher
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