his good girl

chapter one

I knew it was a bad idea from the start, but we were desperate. Beth needed to pay her mortgage, Ruby needed money for her daughter, Annie needed money to pay rent, and I needed money for a place to live so I don't have to stay with Beth.

I woke up that morning to Beth's kids running around and screaming. I may be an adult but I still live with beth. Life is expensive. Beth's voice carries upstairs, "hey go brush your teeth, and wipe her face. Did you find your homework? And you my little friend need your pants" she's clearly talking to her children, "Dean? Can you come down please!?!" she shouts.

I finish walking down the stairs, and Beth goes back to the kitchen. Her oldest son- Kenny walks into the kitchen following his mother, "Mom, can I stay home from school today?"

She grabs rubber gloves from the sink, "no ones staying home"

"I feel sick," he says.

"What hurts?" She finishes packing all four children's lunches.

"My spleen"

She puts sandwiches in each bag, "Specificity is good, but that's over the top. Next time try tummy"

Dean walks down the stairs, "it's go time, let's go!" he puts his now empty mug of coffee down, "oh, morning jade"

"Good morning dean" I reply.

"Everyones going to school today!" she adds apples into the bags, "mommy has something very important to do today"

All the kids run up to the couch when the commercial with Dean and some slutty Blond woman comes onto TV, "guys, daddys on TV again" Kenny says.

Dean shuts the TV off, "alright let's go! Trains leaving" All the kids and dean line up to get their lunches from Beth, each saying 'bye' and 'I love you'. My mind circles back to the commercial while I move and sit down at the counter, I yell out my own goodbye to the children. My choice of career, which is a stripper at sweet peas, has allowed me to catch on to men being overly flirty and even possible cheating. The way that dean was holding that blond lady around the waist did rub me the wrong way.

Beth lets out a breath, and brushes her hair out of her face. "Ready?" she asked me.

"Hm, as ready as i'll ever be" i get up and go back to my room upstairs, i grab my black jeans a black jacket and black shoes. I go back downstairs and see she is already dressed and ready to go.

We load up into her mini-van and drive all the way to Fine & Frugal, where Annie works. The place we are robbing. We make it to the back of the grocery store thinking that Annie would have beat us, but no way. "I can not believe you" Beth speaks first as we get out of the car. I walk around the front of her car and go to Annie's "chill sis, i'm like two minutes late"

We go to the trunk of her car and grab the ski masks, "Lets pray this works" I mutter as I pull on my mask and gloves, I grab the nerf gun that we painted black.

"How was Sara's thing?" beth asks ruby

"She killed it." she smiles, clearly proud of her daughter.
Beth adjusts her shirt, "She's so smart. Mine are so dumb."

"Oh stop," Ruby says.
"They can't help it, it's Dean's genetics. We did a family tree, he's almost 90 percent Neanderthal." Beth says. I chuckle softly as I hand them their masks.

"He is pretty dumb" I nod in agreement. "All right, ladies. Ready?"
"Let's beat the morning rush." ruby pulls on her mask and puts her hood up.
Beth does the same, "The lines get so crazy. Even the express lane."

Us four ladies walk into the front of the store and hold up the 'guns', "Everyone be cool and no one gets hurt - this is a robbery!" Annie shouts as she leads the way, knowing this place the best.