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ince her uncle-Dave- who owned the Cafe she worked at put out discount offers on every item, the place had been buzzing. It's been hours and Laura was still yet to take a break, she's been walking around busy attending to one disgruntled customer or the other. Feeling her legs weak and her back aching she goes to find a sit behind the counter. Her cousin and the other two staffs seemed to be having fun with all the attention. Standing infront of Laura, breakdancing in her apron Maddie whisper yelled at her "Lulu it's just few seconds past 6pm. Come on!. Girlll I'm trying to be your support system here" But Laura's mood wasn't having any of it. "Laura get up!" Maddie grumbled. "You're not my mum now are you?" "Well, you don't have one so I may as well double as your cousin and mother!" She fired back jokingly. Laura couldn't stop herself from laughing as she gave Maddie the-oh really?- look. The joke is an old one and it always does the magic in getting Laura loosened up. "Come on now Lulu" She spoke with a mischievous grin. "Huhhnn?" She began, but stopped as she saw a group of boys acting up just outside the cafe's outdoor area. "Isn't that your boyfriend clowning there? Holding that girl's waist?" The irritation in her voice was clear as day. Laura's face was unreadable but her mind was giving her a hard time staying quiet. I just try to tolerate this guy cause we've been together for what? 8 years?. What a waste. Maddie's voice broke her thought "lu don't worry I'll handle them, you just.." "No." she interrupted. Her expression hardened as she walked over to the group. "Hello my beautiful Laura Verguson good to see you" Matthew spoke first sounding as though he was happy to see her and his friends behind him still laughing and chatting loud like a pack of untrained dogs. If looks could kill. I'll have him and his pack buried. Right here. Right now. "You need to get your friends to stay quiet. This is embarrassing" you're embarrassing. "Come on Laura is that how to greet your man?" Not even bothering to look at her, he turned back to his friends, holding his chest laughing. "Matthew, you know what? I don't even care. Where is my money" "What.. what money Laura? I thought .." She held up her hands cutting him off. "I have been trying to reach you for the past three weeks and you come in here acting like some dimwit who's high on cheap drugs?. I need my three thousand eight hundred dollars or I'm calling the cops." This guy infuriated her every single time they met. How have I managed to stay with him for this long? Matthew had always won in gaslighting her whenever it comes to money-not just money. Everything- this wouldn't be the first and if not that she saw him acting all loved up with that girl right now. It sure would not have been the last. But now she was determined. "You just gon throw me under the bus 'cause of s