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. i had bills to pay and, on top of that, debts to pay. " Just leave Maddie",this time he ordered. i could no 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 count catch a break i this family.if it wasnt that then it was my sister popping babies with the most irressponsible men or my dad collecting debts from each and evry loan shark he could find. My mum herself wasn't s**t either, she jumped from one mnarriage 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 coud 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 itr being in shambles my roommate who i rarely talked to was seated in the sitting room with bags packed. no lord dont let itr be what im thinking,"im leaving,i just cant keep up with the rent", she pulled her bags and left.i couldnt believe this was happening to me. i would not be able to afford the rent here al alone. the three jobs i was working wouldn't cut it. the constant ringing of my phone was irritating me further . it was my mum just f*****g pefect." mum i don't have money," those were my first words. but instead of her it was another person at first i thought it was her new husband but within seconds i realized it wasnt. "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. But nevertheless, they were my family and i loved them. i cashapped her my remaining 100 and turned to boil my noodles. 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 tp cover anything. I was the only person in that whole family who had a job . the others just existed,depending on grants which were barely enough. eventually i would join them too if icontinued supporting them .