Intoxicated Love

One Week.

i wake up on my couch, my eyes are puffy from crying all night, i need my mom, i want my mom, it just feels like i just lost all motivation without her, its so cold in here without her, this house doesn't feel like home anymore, not without her, i don't even wanna eat anymore, it's so hard doing this without her, i can't make myself breakfast, i don't even know what time it is, i need someone to talk to, i haven't called the cops yet because who the fuck knows what they're gonna do to her, my phone, i grab it, i sit up, i look at the time finally after 10 minutes of just thinking, 3:48pm, oh, its so late, i had school but i don't even have motivation anymore for that, it's like i cant even do anything anymore, i love my mom so much, i miss her, god, i love her so much, my eyes start forming tears, tears start running down to my cheek's, to my neck, to my sweater, i can't stop, it won't stop, i don't wanna feel like this anymore, i just wish it was me and not her, i feel so empty, it's so hard, i don't wanna be like this anymore,i know its been a day and shes been gone longer more then this for work but this time shes being held captive somewhere

6:26pm, im finally got out of that depressing house, im driving to the beach, it was me and my mom's favourite place to go to everyday, when she wasn't busy, we'd go, i arrive at the beach and theres this beach house, inside it there's a bar, just a bar u could grab a drink, pay and leave, my mom would go every time we came here, im staying in my car, i don't wanna go out there because it reminds me of my mom, but i did wanna go check out the bar, i never really went in there but i'm really missing her, i get out my car and walk where the beach house is, i walk up the stairs and some people are passing me and i look down, because i didn't want anyone to see me because of my current situation, suddenly someone grabs my wrist "hey juli you didn't come to school today are you okay?" oh please not him im not in the mood, why right now? i look up at georg, "yeah everything is fine i just kinda overslept" i say looking down, "you don't look okay whats wrong" he says, "nothing im okay your just crazy" i say as i push my hand away from him, why him out of all people, i need my best friend, Danika, i miss her so much, i walk inside and order water, "that will be a dollar" the bar tender says, i hand it to him, i analyze the beach house, its so pretty in here, no wonder why my mom loves it here, i see a piece of paper hanged up on the exit door,
"employees wanted, go to manager for more information"
could this be my chance? will i take it?, i ask the person at the bar, "hey i wanted to what job this will be and how much i will get payed if i work here" i say, " uh it will be for cleaning, after it closes you will have to work as a janitor if not there are other options, and you will get paid 500$ every two weeks, if you show up on time and come everyday, we will make it higher and pay 600$ every 2weeks" he says "ill take the job" i say nervously say, i didn't want to, i didn't have motivation but i had to, the money wont come here itself, it had to be done.

3 weeks later, i only had one pay check so far, and i only have 1 week and a few days left to pay, i don't even have 5k yet, just recently i've started having more motivation and started working more and got 2 more part jobs, my routine is :
Monday to Wednesday working at a small café, i get paid 200$ weekly.
Thursday to Saturday i work at a restaurant, as a waiter i get paid 450$ since im there almost everyday.
and my other work i got few weeks ago i now get paid 650$ at the beach house everyday, Sunday to Thursday, its been hard but i've been managing, it's feels kinda normal for me now, as of right now i have 2.79k, im not even at like 50k yet! not even close, but i have to get more jobs, but im barely even home, im only at home to sleep at this point, i even barely go school, like im just a fully grown adult with a full schedule so i cant even take care of myself right now, i have no breaks, just working on my feet all day since the start of this month, realizing it now i need to take care of myself, i wish, but getting money and my mom back is all that matters, right now im currently in bed trying to sleep, even though i had work all day today i don't feel like sleeping, so i go on my phone to help me,
"i hope u have the money, or getting close to having most of it by next week" i got a notification, my heart stopped, i don't know what to do, do i message back? do i ignore it?, i don't know, ill just ignore it, for now

i wake up to my alarm i turn it off 6:02am, i can't believe i wake up this early now, anyways i get up and go to the bathroom to wash my face, after that i head towards the kitchen to cook some food, at least i have to eat a little before work and drink a healthy smoothie, but i woke up a little late, i usually wake up at 5:30am, so im just gonna eat and go work, because right now its a thursday so i have to go to the restaurant to open up and clean a little bit, and then later on at 6pm i start work at the beach house bar till 11pm, i finished eating and i get in my car and start heading to the restaurant.

i arrive, i get inside and put on the uniform i have to use as a waiter, i make sure everything looks perfect before it opens

it's 5:30pm and im closing up the restaurant and cleaning the tables but i noticed a paper under the napkin holder, i froze, my heart felt like it was being ripped to pieces, my brain was not processing
"one week and 4 days"..
exactly when i have to pay the person to have my mom back, i stood still, scared, terrified of what is gonna happen, i look around me, to see if anyone was there, but it was there was nobody, who did i serve on this table?, how do i not remember? when was this? i served like 3 people on this table it could be anyone, i grab my phone from my pocket and i message my friend, Kiara

kiaa<3

me

kia??

kiaa<3

yess juli??? u okay

me

i think but someone is definitely spying on me, i'm sorry i never really told u but i cant take it anymore, for the past couple weeks i've been working so hard, my mom is being held captive somewhere and i need 100k by next week like literally, im not asking for help im just letting this out, and thank u, im really really sorry for it, thanks so muck kia i love u.

kiaa<3

juliii, my girl i can help you, how come you never told me about this??, im sorry for not noticing earlier, is this why you been so distant? i can help with money just ask me how much you need and ill give it to you asap, and its okay you let it out i can pick you up right now if you want juli.

me
kia im sorry but its too muchh, i know your dad is filthy rich but i cant ask for so much i need more then 96k now, i need to do this alone, but you can pick me up now, i just finished closing the restaurant, its at ******* Bar

kiaa<3
on my way now watch out for me.

im breaking, i start to tear up, but i got a notification on my phone.

"100k was added to your bank account"

i start crying more then ever, more then i found out my mom was missing, i can't stop, it feels wrong, but i need my mom back now or never, and im doing it now, and i just get a wave of relief over me, knowing that i have more money then what im supposed to give, i feel so great full, my crying slows down because i hear a car honking, i run to the kitchen to put away my things and start locking the restaurant, i run to kia and hug her tighter like i wasn't gonna see her for years and im just there sobbing in her arms.

"your okay juli, its gonna be okay, just go get your mom i'll be with you the whole time, i love you juli"

"thank you so much kia, i love you too" i say still sobbing, i finally let go of her and i sit back, i smile, i look at kiara, i missed her so much, i realized that i still have work to go to, "juli can you drive me to the beach i have work there" i say
"girl you don't need work anymore lets just go get your mom" she says as she rolls down the windows, i giggle "do you have a smoke" i say, "i thought you didn't smoke?, working really changed you, i bet your not fun anymore" she says laughing, we both start laughing and we start sharing a cigarette together and we drive around for a bit, while driving we get bored and don't know where to go, "we should go to the beach, theres a beach house bar there, it's where i work, i should be able to get us some drinks" i say "yeah sure but aren't we driving?" kiara says looking at me slowing the car down, "maybe we can go to my house and just go buy some vodka while on our way to my home?" i say, "you know you don't even drink, your like, the gods child so innocent" kiara says
"i know it's because i want to forget, can we just go" i smile,
we drive off and decided that we just wanted to sleep instead.

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*correct me if misspelled anything thankk uu, if this is bad im sorrryy it will get better i promise*