Chapter 1268

But Emma was in a real bind. She didn't have enough cash to make ends meet.

She had a keen interest in learning makeup, but the costs were a total buzzkill. A decent foundation could easily set her back hundreds of dollars.

After her last stream, Emma tried diving into makeup tutorials. She even bought a ten-dollar foundation, but the results were laughable, like she had smeared plaster all over her face.

The comments section of those tutorials was filled with advice against cheap makeup, warning that it could ruin your skin and look awful.

So, she gave up on that idea.

Between her and Peyton, they had barely a couple hundred bucks left, not nearly enough for makeup, let alone a new wardrobe.

Emma wanted to dress up as her fans suggested, but her financial situation made it impossible.

hit six hundred brought a bit of joy. It seemed her lost

she could try sewing a

by Stellar Stage Entertainment meant she had almost nothing to work

seemed doomed from

disappointed and not wanting to let down her genuine fans, Emma couldn't help

her daughter's mood and asked,

shared her concerns about clothes and makeup, she waved it off, "But it's alright, Mom. Once we get

donations came from people just wanting a laugh. Peyton, having never dabbled in

it over, she decided to part with a gold bracelet she had kept for years. It was

wages when gold was cheap. She had no idea of its

unaware of the bracelet's existence, a relic from her parents' courtship days, long before she

into her pocket, wary of attracting attention that could lead to theft, and left without telling Emma, only leaving a note that

a previous encounter with a bully, Peyton was wary but determined to sell the

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