The Dare by Melissa Faye

Author:Melissa Faye [Faye, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Melissa Faye
Published: 2018-09-24T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 7

I marched out of the bar, ignoring Harrison’s pleas for us to slow down and talk about it. I needed time and space to think this through on my own.

No, what I really need is money.

I came into reasonable amount money when my parents “died.” Their life insurance helped my grandparents take care of me on their social security budget, but most of it was dog-eared for college. CUT was expensive, but the life insurance would pay for it. Ridge said it was lucky, and I knew it. It wasn’t just that I didn’t have to pay for college. I wouldn’t need to pay back student loans after I graduated. I wouldn’t have to take any money from my grandparents. It freed up my time to guard the Present.

I paused a few blocks away from the bar. My head was pounding. Thoughts poured through my mind too quickly for me to track. I’d have to apply for financial aid. Can I even get financial aid after the semester has started? I had to tell my grandparents. But they would panic, and I hated causing them stress. My grandfather, Pops, wasn’t doing well. Ma tried to hide it from me, but I knew something was wrong. I missed so many classes already. Should I even bother finishing the semester if I can’t pay for it?

I swayed on my feet. Harrison caught me. I pushed him away and sat down on the sidewalk, leaning against a wall.

There was one easy solution. I could hack into the bank and replace the money. Hell, I could add more money to my accounts without anyone tracing it back to me. Smith said I only thought I was the good guy. He said that if things got rough, I’d abuse my abilities. Maybe he was right. It was the simplest solution, and who would get hurt? The banks would barely notice; I’d make it look like a glitch in the system. But I had a literal moral compass: June’s Rules for Time Travel. If I abandoned them now, what would that make me?

It would make me as bad as people like Smith.

Harrison was on his phone and wouldn’t look at me. I knew he was texting with Ridge. I made myself stand up, and continued walking towards the nearest subway line.

“We can figure this out, June,” Harrison easily kept up with me with his long legs. I was too angry to speak. “Ridge says he can help get you through the semester. There’s financial aid. Can your family help? You can get a job. There are a hundred ways to solve this.”

I stopped in my tracks.

“There’s one way I can fix this immediately. I can hack into the bank and replace all of the money without anyone knowing about it.”

“You wouldn’t do that. It’s like stealing.”

“You and Ridge didn’t seem to care that Smith has been manipulating everyone around us with his advanced physiology stuff and weird bracelet technology. Why should you care if I fix things the way he would?”

“I know you, June.

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