His Wine Cost More Than My Unborn Child Chapter 05

His Wine Cost More Than My Unborn Child Chapter 05

I asked Tamsin if I could keep working at The Velvet Room.

“Didn’t you turn it down before?” She gave me a look. “What made you change your mind?”

“I’m broke.” I let out a bitter laugh.

“Truth is, I don’t even have five hundred dollars left across all my bank accounts. I can’t even afford

a ticket home.”

“And I can’t go back to the factory. Not yet. My body can’t handle it right now.”

“And the end of the month’s almost here.”

“I have to send my aunt the money. If I don’t, she’ll throw my grandma out.”

My mother had been… wild, when she was younger.

She died young, and I never even learned who my father was.

So my grandma raised me.

Uncle Boyd and Aunt Darla resented it. Never hid it, either.

Now she’s too old to live on her own, but she won’t leave Hollow Grove. Won’t come to the city with

So I worked out a deal with my uncle and aunt.

Every month, I’d send them three thousand dollars to take care of her.

The money had to arrive on the twenty-fifth. Not a day late. Otherwise, they’ll kick her out.

Tamsin had probably heard enough about my family already.

She didn’t press any further.

“Six tonight. Don’t be late.”

After I changed into my uniform, she asked one more thing.

“So, have you broken up with Corbin yet?”

“No.” I laughed bitterly.

“I wish I could walk away like people do in the movies.”

“But I can’t even afford next month’s rent.”

“Where exactly would I go? Sleep under a bridge?”

Tamsin sighed. She looked like she wanted to say something. In the end, she stayed quiet.

I didn’t ask if I could crash at her place. We weren’t that close.

And a person can’t keep relying on other people to bail them out.

She’d already gone out of her way to get me this job. That was more than enough.