Miss Pearl never said anything about the money I'd been leaving her. I'd wait for a day or two after an outing with one of the guys and then find a way to place it on her nightstand or in her kitchen drawer, locations I knew she'd see daily. I didn't need her to acknowledge she got it-I only needed to know that I had left it. What she did with it was up to her, but I was almost positive she just spent it feeding us. I wasn't rolling in money by any means, but after the first couple of dates with Jase's friends, I managed to catch up and hovered somewhere around breakeven. After I had taken care of the kids, I left Miss Pearl the vast majority of what was left, even though I should've been trying to make a dent in the outstanding medical bills.
I'd been on a couple of outings with Holland
