Chapter 26
Sunday afternoon the third email came in. Jules stared at the simple text. It was so familiar to him now. He wasn’t asking for a lot of money at any one time, so he probably knew that Jules wasn’t well off. That didn’t mean he had the money though. The car needed an oil change. He needed to eat and keep the roof over his head. This third demand was too soon. He needed time for his next paycheck to come in before he could pay it.
And, if he was being honest with himself, he wasn’t sure he wanted to pay it anymore. He hit the reply button and typed: ‘Payday not until next week. I can pay, but not until then. Give me ten days. I’ll throw in an extra fifty dollars.’ He was fairly certain the offer of extra money would buy him the needed time to get the money. And to think of a pla
