Chapter 45

A week passes by and everything that I've wished for in the beginning of the season seemed to fulfill itself. The debt was quickly removed from our family's history, and my dad received a promotion at work. Our family was still as happy as we were when things had hit rock bottom.

"Little," Austin spoke up, shoving me slightly as I was sitting at the kitchen table.

I looked up at his call, glancing from my cereal bowl; milk slightly dripping down my chin as I reached for the napkin to...