TORE (Sidewinders: Generations Book 2) by Kat Mizera

Author:Kat Mizera [Mizera, Kat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-18T18:30:00+00:00

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Margot

With Gracie back in school five days a week, even though it was only half a day, I got a lot more done at work. I was usually able to finish my regular editing job for my old newspaper in Seattle during those four hours, which left me time for more freelance work. I worked anywhere from twenty to twenty-five hours a week for what I called my day job, and the freelance work varied a lot. I’d had a job last year around the holidays working on descriptions for and editing a special holiday catalogue for a local jewelry store, and while it had paid well, it was seasonal. I hoped I’d get the job again, but I hadn’t heard from them yet.

Two years ago, Everly and I had been signed by a publisher of coffee table books for a book about the castles of Scotland, and I’d done most of the writing and editing while Everly had been the one to go to Scotland to take all the pictures. That was how she’d met Ian, so it had been a great thing for both of us, but beyond the five-thousand-dollar advance, we hadn’t seen any more money from it. I hadn’t expected to make much, but I’d hoped there would be something, even an extra hundred dollars a month.

I lived paycheck to paycheck now, even though I’d lived with Ian and Everly rent-free. I still had my own expenses, though. One thing Everly had insisted on was a good, reliable car, and she’d been right, so I had a fairly hefty car payment, car insurance, gas, my cell phone, and Gracie’s health insurance premium. And of course, all the little things that came up in life, from needing tampons to shampoo to the occasional new outfit. Gracie outgrew clothes pretty regularly, though Everly seemed to buy her new things all the time.

At some point, I would need a real job, one that paid all the bills and then some. I thought about opening my own company as a full-time editor, but it took time to build a clientele and I didn’t have it. Gracie would be in school full-time a year from now, but nothing in my life would really change financially. I wouldn’t pay any bills at Tore’s either, but that was a lateral move, which meant the only way I’d have more money would be to either ask him for it or get a better job. And there was no way in hell I was asking him for a dime unless Gracie was sick or desperately needed something I couldn’t afford.

This had been a recurring theme in my life the last few years. I’d had a good, full-time job in Seattle, but of course, we had rent and utilities and all kinds of bills. Now I had fewer bills but was earning less than half the money. And I hadn’t had health insurance in over a year. One simple injury could bankrupt me, and though I knew Everly would never let that happen, I hated relying on others.

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