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Lydia: Did you get to Bria’s? Can you be sure to be here in the ?

Me: Sorry, I forgot to tell you, the roads got so bad I had to ht

Lydia: NO! That’s too late!

Me: I’oing to come and take the house away on a tow truck

Lydia: You don’t understand It's not just the house

My skin prickles and I feel so for a while

Me: Then what is it? You keep saying it’s the house, the house, but there so else isn’t there? If you can’t tellto help you?

There’s a long pause before her next h

Lydia: I borrowed money from the club Dale worked out payments with me, but then I borrowed some more from Popcorn and says he needs it Like, now All of it

I drop my head on a hard exhale I’ve seen what happens to people that borrow money from Popcorn and don’t pay it back A new sort of chill races downdread centers in my core

Me: How much?

Another long pause as I take a loop around the kitchen then head back up the stairs

Me: HOW MUCH?

Lydia: I don’t know A lot I’ll tell you everything too

Jesus I’ve worked so hard to keepMo up the tracks I take the steps two at a time, then work down the hall to the suite where I’ve dropped