RED BOTTOMS

MADDIE'S POV " Its already late,you should be heading home now", my boss Mike suggested.it was almost midnight . i was tired but i had to stay and clean after everyone. Tuesdays were rather short and I loved that. Working in a club was something i wouldn't wish on anyone .but here i was . i had to make ends meet somehow . I had bills to pay and, on top of that, debts to pay. " Just leave Maddie!",This time he ordered. I could not afford to anger him. This was the best paying job i had in a while . The tips were rather handsome and they really helped me. I grabbed my jacket and headed outside . It was chilly cold. i hated winters, partly because i had no heating and i just did not like the cold ,but i knew it could have been worse .Growing in Alaska made me know this. I moved quickly to my old truck. Within minutes the engine came to live and i was off to my house. My mom had called earlier to inform me my brother had escaped rehab. i was trying to save money to get back to college but i couldn't catch a break in this family.if it wasn't that, then it was my sister popping babies with the most irresponsible men or my dad collecting debts from each and every loan shark he could find. My mum herself wasn't s**t either. She jumped from one marriage to another. Right now she was on her 6th marriage, which i can bet wouldn't last 3 months. The only hope was my little sister. I needed to save enough money so i could take her with to California, but as for now i had to deal with this. I was back in my small apartment now. It was expensive despite it being in shambles. My roommate, who i rarely talked to was seated in the sitting room with bags packed. "No lord don't let it be what I'm thinking," "I'm leaving, I just cant keep up with the rent", She said as she pulled her bags and left. I couldn't believe this was happening to me. I would not be able to afford the rent here all alone. The three jobs I was working wouldn't cut it. I stood there helplessly as i urged my tears not to come out . Life was rea;;y cruel but for some twisted reason it always chose me out of the billions to suffer . I slumped on the worn out couch trying to devise ways of keeping up with the rent but the more i thought about it the more i realized i had no way out ,i had to find a smaller house and on top of that find a better job ."Without papers!" the sounds in my tired mind reminded me . I was doomed . The constant ringing of my phone was irritating me further . it was my mum just f*****g perfect." Mum, i don't have money," i said quickly ready to hung up but the voice on the other made me pause .. "I believe you are Maddie cook, your mother and sister were involved in an accident ," he paused for a while, probably waiting for me to say anything but my brain refused to work entirely.he continued." We found your number in her emergency contacts ,you have to come to the hospital now". he finished before hanging up. Life never gave me a break, at this point i did not know whether to cry or laugh. I spend the next ten minutes trying to contact Hailey my older sister. she refused to go and see them unless i paid her . I must have been such a terrible person in my last life to be cursed to be relatives to these kinds of people. "Hailey ,you have to go and check on them please ", i pleaded with her knowing well she was not going to budge without money . " Ooh Maddie ,you think i will waste my sleep for nothing? send the money first or hang up ",she reiterated clearly getting ,mad . i knew it was completely useless to argue with her ,i cash capped her the my remaining 100 $ before collapsing on the chair again Tomorrow i would serve the patrons directly to earn more money, I assured myself. My shelves were empty with only ramen and water. i could not afford milk let alone surgery.the government was really evil." how did they expect someone like me to pay over 50k for things they were supposed to do freely to their citizens?". I only had 20 k in savings barely enough to cover anything. I was the only person in that whole family who had a job . The rest just existed, depending on grants which were barely enough. Eventually I would join them too if i continued supporting them .Without even trying to boil the ramen i decided to head directly to bed ,life was whacking me me daily and it was not going to stop anytime soon