Chapter 16
MAGGIE
“You shouldn’t have done that,” Bronwyn said, once the air in the room returned and we could all breathe again. She didn’t call me an i***t or make a crack about what I’d done. If anything, that only emphasized how serious the situation was.
Nico was looking at me like I had landed here from another planet. They both were. I shook my head. My throat felt clogged and sticky. Bronwyn was right. What had I been thinking? I couldn’t pay Officer Ting thirteen thousand or thirteen hundred or thirteen anything! But I’d promised him. I had two weeks to come up with this money and no clue how.
“Maggie,” Nico said. “I’m not asking for it, but do you even have thirteen thousand dollars?”
“No,” I replied. Nico drooped like a popped balloon. “But we’ll figure something out.”
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