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"What’re you doing on the floor?" Grey asked on a laugh as she ca as she crossed the floor "Babe?"

"What Is This"

"What are you talking about, what is wh--" She cut off suddenly when she knelt down next to h burst fro up so I was looking down at her, her eyes glued to her knees, I took off the rubber band and flipped back through all of her checks before throwing it on the ground next to her "Why the fk have you given rand, Grey?"

She flinched but didn’tto tell o, were there any others?"

"No, just the three tihtened in what looked like pain as tears filled her eyes "I’m so sorry, I couldn’t--I couldn’t tell you"

"And why couldn’t you tellevenafter you for money Shit, Grey, this is what she does; this is why I won’t let her in our lives She’s constantly trying to get money from ot the inheritanceafter h all of hers This is what she does Why did you give it to her, and why the fk would you keep so iven my mom five thousand dollars of what you’ve earned?"

"She’s been co to you for money?"

"Yes, Grey, for years Now tell er?" she yelled "That is so I should’ve been warned about!"

"You’re really going to start yelling at ave my mom money, and all I did was not tell you that my mom did this kind of shit?"

"Yes! Yes, I am! If you would’ve just told one through this forat ht there should’ve told you that I needed to knohat she was doing!" I yelled back "I was protecting you; you were keeping so from me that you knew you shouldn’t have kept! Why the fk did you keep it froer, she said I couldn’t tell you--I had no choice!"

"You always have a fking choice, Grey!"

Her eyes looked around wildly as if she could find so to help her explain "The first tiuy named Mike had taken her car and all her ed her not to date hied threats every tio after hiive her all your money to help her"

"What? I don’t knoho Mike is, and ot her money froardless of what she told you, if you thought my mom was in trouble, you should have ain frohly on her ass, her body shaking I was trying to caletting Only now er wasn’t only directed at her Mo bad about her because I’d kept her from this bullshit, just like I’d kept Charlie froer quickly fading as soher and Keith when they needed it--and helping you by not letting you do so stupid when you found out"