His hand was swelling already and I fear it may already be contaminated. My mum

s his entire palms in a waterproof bag and goes on to dip it inside the bag of ice. The care sh

eeks? Even if we sold this whole house and everything in it, it wouldn’t amount to anything, and where would we live after that? I don’t even have a penny saved up anywhere, and it hurt to see Audrey give out he

de me angry. He never learns from his mistakes, and even if we somehow manage to get

pet name for my mum. I used to like how that name soun

where he would cook for her and they would sing happily together while doing the dishes together, but mostly he

to change anything,”

this family, I want to take you and my lovely girls out of this slum, I want to do better, and I just thought it was the right move. The reward was so tempting Peaches. I could have won up to a million bucks. Th

hopes of going to school to save you,” She dabbed her hands on a towel and tossed it harshly on the table “You always make promise

run,” Audre

empt to run, then I’m dead, and besides, where could we possibly run to in this present condi

f that before betting away such

your father, and you must r

ther, nothing is working. And it’s because of all the wrong choices you ever made. W

oice did not stop me fr

ards me. His face was bruised badly, but my father

says “But you have no idea the decisions I have to make for

the air with my index and middle finger “It’s the reason you have nine fi

in between me and my father to glare at me. “You ca

defend him?” I sc

ria. He’s in pain already. Don’t m

worse than this, M

g,” Audrey says. Audrey is the peacemaker. Our characters are just

ped back to his chair. The old chair creaked as he deposited h

to him “We have sold out all our assets. We co

Pablo, and I know wha

’s that?”

ria,” dad s

l up in a ba

an Harry?” mum’

ntact with any of us “You heard him, he said so himself. He likes Aria. The onl

sucked out of my windpipe, and I

mum ex

, that’s the only solution I can think of. If any of you has any other id

churn. He did not just say that. No, he can’t possibly be sugg

onceive a thing like this?” Audre

know how it sounds, but give me a better idea if you have any. I’m not sayi

evably at the man that sired me. I didn’t think a day would come w

ve, hell, this was never the way I envisioned raising you and Audrey, but it ha

re asking of your daughter? She

ple ‘Happy birthday' but it appears as though he’s already thought about it. When he’d taken that loan, he had it somewhere at th

o such thing,

touch me, but I ducked before her hands

Audrey say, as she turns to f

with a loud thud but Audrey yanks it