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“I was asleep, Sam,” I tried to reason with her calmly as I sat up and looked around. It was pitch black outside, and a glance at the clock told me it was only three in the morning. No fucking wonder I was struggling. I’d only managed an hour or so of sleep before she woke me up.
“Ugh, this stupid time difference,” Sam huffed before her voice became serious. “Sorry, there’s just a lot going on. I didn’t mean to take it out on you.”
“What’s going on?” My heart instantly started pounding as I thought of Mom.
“I had to call an ambulance last night to take Mom in. She had a bad reaction to the new prescription the doctor gave her, and now she’s going to be in ICU until further notice. Dad got called away for the next few weeks with work, and I just…” I heard sniffles, then Sam started choking up. “I don’t know what to do. I hate to ask for more because you’re giving so much, but the ambulance… Sienna, it was like fifteen hundred dollars! We don’t have that kind of money!”
I swallowed hard, my racing mind trying to break through the buzz that was still riding me. “We can figure this out. Look, I’ll ask for more shifts when I go into work tonight and look at my finances tomorrow. We can figure this out.”
On top of the ambulance, the ICU bills were going to be insane. There was medical insurance but they were pretty useless once the cancer hit. After that, it’s been a constant fight. Letting out a shaky breath, I tried to remain calm until Sam spoke again.
“They want a thousand dollarstoday, Sienna. What am I going to do?”
“Let me check my account, sis.” I opened my phone, and my stomach dropped. I’d just gotten paid, but even with the cash I’d earned and deposited, I only had a little over a thousand dollars in my bank account.
Thinking of my mom and her warm smile, the way she’d always rushed to my side to be there for me, I transferred the money to my sister. Once she got what she’d called for, Sam was pretty quick to get off the phone.
After the call, I just sat there, blankly looking at my account with five dollars to my name. It was a good thing I was working tonight. Fuck, I’d need to scrounge up some leftovers for dinner before my shift because five dollars wasn’t going to get me anywhere.
Then it hit me.
My car.
If I was going to use it at all, then I needed a new tire. Hell, it was still sitting at the club because I’d totally forgotten about it after being swept up in V’s plans.
What the fuck am I going to do?
Tears stung my eyes, but I kept quiet, not wanting to wake up Eliza, who was probably asleep. I wiped away the tears as I sat up on my bed, then I reached for the stash of weed in my bedside table. Grabbing a lighter and a packed bowl, I took one hit, then two, letting the drug help calm me down.
Bits and pieces of the night came back to me—dancing between River and Nash then being spun over to Yuri and King. God, they all were delicious, their smells so fucking amazing I was getting wet from just the memory. Four alphas.Four.Alphas.
I knew we were meant to be a pack, but how the hell was I supposed to wrap my mind around four alphas, couldn’t I have had a beta too? Someone to keep the peace a bit.
A hysterical laugh fell from my lips as I tipped my head back against the wall. I couldn’t get in a relationship with three of them because we worked together; I needed my job more than I needed a pack.
And King… King helped omegas through their heats. Hell, I couldn’t judge since he’d helped me, but that was a whole damn basket of complicated that I wasn’t ready to open.
And now I was horny, high, and hungry.
Groaning, I forced myself out of bed and stumbled into the kitchen to search for something to eat, but we were wiped clean. Nothing was in the fridge or cabinets besides random ingredients, and I honestly had no desire to attempt making something from scratch right now.
A beeping sound caught my attention, and I looked down, realizing it was my phone.
River:Hey! Last night, you gave us all your cell phone number and said we could text you. But since you were more than a little drunk, I want to make sure that’s actually okay.
River:Talk to you tomorrow.
Sienna:It’s fine.
River:You’re up? Right now? How? You were barely coherent when we got you upstairs. When King had to carry you into your apartment, I almost wanted to faint so he’d carry me, sweetheart.
I laughed at their comment as my entire body heated. God, how drunk had I been?
Sienna:I randomly woke up and smoked a little bit. Now, I’m starving, but we have zero food.
Sienna:And I’m not cooking.
River:Say no more.
