Page 222 of One Winter Knight
“Always. I’ll send some back-to-school money, too. Once you sign the papers and get me the formulas and samples, they’ll release the funds,” she added.
“Thank you so much, Grace. I appreciate it.” I ended the call.
A transfer came through.For school supplies.Helpful, because my balance was sad.
My phone buzzed.Carolina Women's Correctional.Mom had been calling me for days and I’ve been ignoring her. I liked to tell myself it was because we’d been really busy spending the past several days trying to figure out our shit.
Mercy had texted.
Mercy
Mom wants to talk to you.
Me
I’m sure she does.
I didn’t want to hear what she had to say. Which was why I hadn’t answered.
My brother Dare also texted. He was currently visiting Mama, Baba, and Chance in the Bay Area. But he wanted to see us whenhe headed back to Boston. It would be nice to see my brother. Oh, I’d be so much closer to him now.
Carlos was on a plane for another away game, though he’d be back in the morning. Dusty was with Saoirse, getting the home gym set up. Fiona was in her room, working on her app stuff.
Right now, I was writing down my expenses–like my rent and utilities back in Research Circle, and insurance, and gas for my truck. Which I had to do for our pack class.
I was fine on things like tuition and books, but there would be some graduation fees. My rent had been paid for January, but I had utilities.
At the same time, even with help, how was I going to pay for everything for February if I couldn’t work the way I planned? I was supposed to be back in town by now and counted on working a whole bunch while still on break.
What Grace was paying me for my drug should probably go into saving for my PhD program. Or at least for emergencies.
Oh, how I hoped my research grant got approved.
There was another text.
Clegg
Where the fuck are you?
Me
New York.
Clegg
I need more. You were supposed to give me a whole bunch when you got back.
Oh, right. Clegg was a local guy who bought large quantities of stuff off me to sell along with his moonshine.
Me
Let me see about getting you what I have. I’m going to get out of the business.
Clegg
Oh? Can I buy the formula?
Me
