The Playboy Challenge
e was something more than us. Something out there that could protect us and love us like our parents had never done. As a child I'd gotten on my knees before my bed d
ars and loneliness that had come with becoming a mother to my young sibling
school, with an envelope full of money, my heart had burst
rom?," I hadn't realized I was s
n was a mix of shame, defiance and d
you steal the money? Who
, "I didn't steal th
o. "You have
o me? I didn't steal it
h possibilities, "what
roceries and pay the phone bill and ride the bus. During one of my deliveries, I saw the code to
story was going, "no Ken. As
sent me my cut. It's twenty-five thousand dollars. I didn't even want to touch the money.
y dead!,
it. I was going to retur
viously weren't going to tell me about this. W
, the guys that we stole from were some sort of gang. And they caught one of Holly Kay's boys goofing
them. They'd probably find this Holly Kay and the rest of his crew, collect back their money and rough them up a bit. Worst case scenario, they find you, you return the twenty-fi
ustion, madness, but I was calm as I threw on my hoodie and ratty sweat pants and stepped out into the kitchen/living room. Kendall flew out her door and into my back, clutching my shoulder and shaking with terror, I put my chin up and faced the two men who had stepped in
are here." It w
e your money. All of it.
s eyes narrowed.
e was eye to eye with me, "Ken. Go bring their money" she finally seemed to register what I was saying. She jumped into a flurry of movement, bolting into the miniscule hallway
he money "nobody likes being stolen from. We-" he stilled the
s it. Twenty-five thou
uck with me. Holly Kay s
s a lying piece of
igger guy stepped forward. The ro
look like you're gonna be able to pay the rest before I leave on Monday. I can of course find a way to sell your other services to complete it," his suggestion was so obviou
is all he gave me," Kendall's
to me sweetheart.
d monster st
. Stop,"I
, "we are here for your sister.
money Monday," Kend
arch for you. Owen will make it painful. I'd tell you to ask Holly Kay, but he's squashed brain on the side of a road right now. Have a goodnight swe
earch of Ken. I found her kneeling before the toilet bowl, dry heaving. I held
ed and four dollars to my name and that was from scrimping and saving. Ken probably had about the
make ten thousand
ease." I dragged her up to her feet and to the sink
s mess. Allow me
en
Isn't something, no matter how crazy it is, better than nothing. We have nothing to lose
skin was entirely too sallow. My eyes sunken and ringed with blue circles. My lips were cracked and broken where I'd chewed t
rd about Shei
brows, "No.
Macallan. Billionaire extraordinaire. The one that own
a Macallan service. Either their resorts, hotel chains, lux
rappings. Six months ago, Ian O'Malley, millionaire play boy broke up with her after a fifty-five day relationship. Nobody has ever broken up with Sheila Macallan before. She's alwa
stupid. "Can't she j
ut it. It's this really exclusive thing. Anybody who can date Ian O'Malley for longer than fifty-five days and dump him public
ubbish? Ken baby, if Sheila with her billionaire dad and two hundred dollar hair cut coul
Uhm, two very attractive girls
keep a man who doesn't want to be kept. We have less than forty eight hours t
'll meet up with Sheila Macallan, strike a deal or something. And if worse comes to worst,
e cannot put a billionai
this right now. Life has been dealing us a shitty hand at every turn. It's high time we fight our horrible fate with some fire. I'm not going to lie around, crying and making myself sick with anticipation of how baldie is going
, fucki