Her Undoing by Skylar Heart

Author:Skylar Heart [Heart, Skylar]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

9

Mia

“What do you mean, you have no job?” Mum is staring at me like she really doesn’t understand what I just said.

“I walked out of the bookstore when I went to the coast. I didn’t actually have days off to spend on a holiday.” This was not a conversation I wanted to have, but I’ve not been able to find a job over the weekend, so I’m going to have to come clean now.

“Why? I thought you liked working at the store?”

“It was okay. But I wasn’t going anywhere. I wasn’t going to get any promotions. And then stuff with Noah happened, I just had enough.”

“So you fled.” Dad sounds disappointed, and I can’t really blame him. Because I always flee, I always do this, run away from things. “Do you at least have enough money saved up to live off for the coming months? For a deposit on a new place? Or did you spend it all in the last week?”

“I...” I try to hide how much this hurts to tell. “I didn’t have much money to begin with.” I still have some left, since the guys have been paying for most of the food and such while I was at the coast. “I’ll get a job next week, and I’ll pay you back for staying here as soon as I’ve got the money.”

“Why didn’t you save? I thought you were saving up?” Mum is even more confused now. I hate it when my parents are this disappointed in me because I try so hard to do well...

“I was. But... But with Noah around, that didn’t stay in the savings account for very long.” I hate using him as an excuse, but between having to pay for most of the bills and then having to pay his half of the rent most months... My savings were gone before I even started most months.

“Why not?” The tone in Mum’s voice changes, becomes careful, and I glance her way, surprised by the worry in her eyes.

“He... He didn’t always have money to cover his part of the bills. So I had to pay for that on top of everything else.” And I didn’t get paid that much anyway, he always got a lot more, since he got a much better position at his job. But somehow it still never covered enough of our bills and things, so everything came from my account.

“Why?” Something in her voice makes me feel like I can’t keep hiding this any longer.

“Alcohol...” I swallow hard. “Hookers.”

“What?” Dad raises his voice. “What did you just say?”

“He spent it on hookers. I found out about it about two weeks ago.” I stare at the table, anger flaring in me again both at Noah and at myself. Because I had no idea what he was doing and I had no idea where his money kept disappearing to. I never questioned it, because that always brought on fights and I hated those.

“Why didn’t you tell us?” Mum reaches out, but I pull my hand back, not sure I can deal with her kindness and caring right now.

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