Julie's rent had always come straight out of my card.
With everything blowing up over the last two days, Colton had let it slip his mind entirely.
Julie was sobbing on the phone, her eyes brimming over, and the landlord's shouting carried through in the background.
Her words creased his brow with worry, and he hurried to reassure her. "I'm on my way. Don't worry about a thing."
Colton was always like this, which was exactly why he'd raised Julie into the useless mess she'd become.
The two of them had grown up together in the same group home, though Julie was adopted out earlier than he was.
The way Colton told it, the family that took Julie in went bankrupt not long after, and there was rarely a decent meal on their table.
He used to sneak out of the group home to see her, bringing
