Chapter 5
At lunch, Yuna took me through a maze of turns to the cafeteria kitchen.]]
The lunch lady’s face soured when she saw me.]]
“Yuna, I only made one portion. Why’d you bring someone else?”
Yuna quickly took the tray from her.
“Mom, I don’t eat much. This is enough for both of us.“]
“She’s as pitiful as me and gets bullied too. We gotta save where we can.
At the table, I looked at Yuna’s hopeful eyes inviting me to share her meal.]
Couldn’t bring myself to disappoint her, so I tucked my meal card–which I’d just loaded with a hundred grand yesterday–back into my sleeve.[]
I picked up my chopsticks, telling myself this was the last time I’d live like this.
Tomorrow I’m announcing to everyone that my meal card has a hundred thousand on it![]
I’d barely taken one bite when a familiar voice rang out.
“Stella, give me back the meal card.“]
I looked up to see Sutton’s ice–cold queen bee face.[]
“What meal card?”
“The one Grayson gave you today. Don’t be greedy for things you shouldn’t take.“]
I’d thrown that meal card right back at him. Never took it.]
“I don’t have it.“|
Sutton’s lackey knocked over my tray.]
The chicken leg Yuna had just given me hit the floor.]
“Stop lying. I saw Grayson stuff the card in your desk myself.”
I was furious, standing up to argue with them.]
But the meal card hidden in my sleeve accidentally fell out.
Sutton’s lackey snatched it up quick.
“Told you she took it! Still denying it!”
Chapter 3
“That’s my meal card.“]
The lackey wasn’t listening.
She grabbed the card and ran to swipe it at the counter.
“Holy shit!”
Before I could stop her, the cashier let out a shriek.
“Why is there so much money on this card?“]
The lackey looked at Sutton.[]
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“Didn’t Grayson say he only gave her five hundred?“]
Why is there… a hundred thousand?”
Sutton’s expression went through every emotion possible.
Like she couldn’t believe Grayson would be so generous with me.[]
She snatched back the card and stormed off.
I didn’t chase her.
Because a hundred grand? That’s felony theft territory.]
After they left, Yuna was still sighing over the chicken leg on the floor.
I pulled her up, went to the counter, bought two big chicken legs with cash, and stuffed them in her mouth.
“Eat
up,
drink up, don’t let shit get to you.“]
Yuna chewed away while asking:
“Your ex put a hundred grand on that meal card. Pretty generous.“]
Me: … What a sweet, naive child.]
