In the Dark by Alana Sapphire

Author:Alana Sapphire [Sapphire, Alana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B01AJ5CWHE
Goodreads: 28586427
Publisher: Alana Sapphire
Published: 2016-01-27T00:00:00+00:00

***Raven***

I thought Lonnie would still be passed out when I got home, but I find her sitting on the couch watching a novela. I kick off my heels and drop down next to her, a huge smile on my face.

“I got the job!”

“Good. You can start helping out with the bills around here.”

Bitch.

“You really know how to kill a mood.”

She finally tears her eyes away from the TV and turns her head toward me.

“You don’t like it, move out.”

Like I asked to come to Stony View, a.k.a. Small Town, Georgia. If it was up to me, I would have stayed in Miami. A few measly months and, by law, I have to have a guardian. I wish I had other family. I definitely would not have chosen Lonnie, but she’s the only family I have left. She came down after Daddy died and stayed just long enough for my last class and to tie up some legal issues, then we shipped out. I didn’t even get to go to prom or graduation. I had to leave my life behind; all my plans, my friends. I miss Toni the most. We’ve been best friends since forever and I can’t stand being so far away from her. I hate that I have to be here, but until I turn eighteen, there’s nothing I can do.

“You think I don’t know what’s in those papers you signed? Dad’s lawyer may be handling everything, but I know you’re getting a stipend for me.”

“So?”

“So I shouldn’t have to pay you anything.”

“Like I said, you don’t like it, move out.”

“Don’t worry. As soon as I legally can, I will. Then everything Dad left me comes directly to me. Enjoy it while it lasts.”

She seethes, narrowing her eyes at me, but I stand my ground. She doesn’t scare me.

“Fine. Half the utilities and your own food.”

“Fine.”

I agree because I don’t want to make the next three months more unbearable than they need to be. We’ve never been close; barely tolerated each other. I don’t know why but it always seemed as if she just didn’t like me. At first I thought it was because we had different mothers. She would constantly taunt me about my ‘gringa madre’ but I’ve never even met the woman. Daddy was the only parent I had. Shit, I practically took care of him after Lonnie moved out. He always worked nights, so I had to grow up real fast with practically no one to watch me. His parents died when I was a baby and God knows who my maternal grandparents are. Whenever I did have a babysitter, they pretty much let me do whatever I wanted while they made out with their boyfriends on the couch or talked with their friends on the phone the entire time. Let’s just say I learned a lot watching and listening.

Whatever Lonnie’s reason is for hating me, time has done nothing to abate it. If anything, her hate has intensified. Since I moved to here, I’ve noticed she’s become worse.

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