Chapter 4

If my mom hadn't kept pretending to care just to keep me tied to her, pulling on my heartstrings and making me pity her, I never would've given this family so much.

Sending home 600 dollars every month might not sound like a lot, but that was all I could scrape together after busting my ass outside and barely getting by. It was everything I could offer.

But it was never enough for them.

Meanwhile, Lucas was supposed to be the grown-up in the family. He never pitched in a single cent, just kept freeloading off our parents, and not…