The last time she saw him in school, he looked like he had been living on the streets, despite the expensive fur coat on his shoulders.

I wonder where all that money went…

Penelope buried her face in her hands in despair. “What do I do? I won’t be able to return the money in time… “

“Have you called the police?”

“I did, but the police didn’t seem to care. I told them about it a long time ago,” Penelope said.

Suddenly, Skylar’s phone buzzed, and she took it out of her pocket.

She tapped on the new message from Tobias to read its contents.

Tobias: I’ll be home at seven tonight. You’re cooking

wall and sighed when she realized that it was already past six

am I supposed to rush back and cook for him

her phone without replying Tobias and turned to Penelope again. “I just received two hundred thousand from the movie. Take it and use it to pay your debt,” she

took the card without hesitating, obviously frightened by the

return you the money as soon as possible. I’m so sorry for all the

don’t have a lot of friends to begin with, so I have the obligation to help you,” Skylar said through a mouthful

sudden. “Your Aunt Sharon is going crazy over your mom’s habits, you know. She’s complaining about

but a cowardly bully, after all! She

her pack a portion of pasta while Penelope looked on

really that hungry? You’ve already had such a portion!”

“Someone’s waiting for me at home, but I don’t have time to

gave her last time must have been a gift from the ‘someone’ she had been

they living together

too far away from her as she was waiting for her cab. She had

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