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I figured out what Dad meant pretty quickly.
My card was cut off.
When I tried to add money to my school lunch
account, I found out the card had been
frozen.
Standing in front of the machine, I just
started laughing.
Brittany could drop ten grand on a single
dress, but they froze my measly $300 monthly
allowance.
If they thought they could force me to cave
like that, they were dead wrong.
I went to see Ms. Evans, my guidance
counselor.
She had watched me transform from a
straight–A student into a rebellious kid who
skipped class and got into fights.
She knew why I’d changed.
く
I went to her because she was the only
teacher who wouldn’t just call my parents to
smooth things over.
“Someone’s looking for a tutor for their kid. I
mentioned you, and they said they could pay
you an advance. Interested?”
A chance to get paid upfront? Of course,
was interested. “Absolutely!”
But I didn’t expect the person to be my lab
partner.
The school’s notorious playboy – Jake
Williams.
