My hands were still shaking when I slammed the envelope shut, as if closing it would somehow make the sight inside less real.
It didn’t.
That amount of cash.....
That insane amount of cash.......
was still there. Heavy. Thick. Tangible.
Money I’d only heard about in stories, only seen in movies, only imagined in fantasies normal poor people like me weren’t supposed to have.
Money I had never… in my entire life… touched in one place.
I stumbled backward, clutching the envelope against my stomach like I was scared someone would rip it out of my hand. My heart was slamming against my ribs so hard it hurt. I couldn’t stay out here.....couldn’t let anyone see the shock plastered across my face.
I pushed through the back curtain, nearly tripping over my own feet as I stormed into the dre
