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April walked in, her hair picture perfect, and scoffed "Like I’?"

I held ue, which took every bit of effort I had She passedskinny jeans and a sweater She had lost weight, too e to be skin and bones, but the girl needed a cheeseburger "If you eat carbs now, you have all day to burn theue out at hteously awesoed, snagged the orange juice frorabbed Gus’s Obi-Wan lunch box and packed hi Mom did "Do you have your folder and homework?" He nodded with his mouth full "Cool Finish up and wash that face of yours, you sugary les We neededtheir day, I tried to think of what Moet stuff done" day, I knew thatthe calendar Hockey today for Gus I would see Josh

Pushing the butterflies out of my stomach, I flipped to the back where she kept her lists Here we go Thank God Moroceries, errands, week prep, and bills Bills

I turned to the stack of mail that had sat unopened these last weeks It consu a ga to suck Tis, ads, bills, and the dozens of personal cards that had arrived in droves Bills would be theI could n them I cut open the first bill, a credit card, and scanned it Five thousand dollars! I had no clue Moes were all in the last couple weeks To…White House Black Market? Nordstrole? Restaurants, hotel roo up All since Dad died

"Bus time!" Gus called I kissed his cheeks, and April sauntered in, with--yep--a new Kate Spadeacross her shoulders

"I’ll take him to the bus," she offered

"I found the bill" I keptdown the stairs

"Oh?" Her eyebrows raised above her widened doe eyes

"April, you’ve spent over five thousand dollars Mo to notice" She had the nerve to walk away froht, April!" Da after ht Dad is dead, Mo So what? We have the money"

"You stole"

She snorted "Whatever"

"It’s not whatever!" My retort edhis hat over his ears