Novas dream has always been to open a bakery of her very own. Well now that she's moved to Galax, Georgia she is living that dream. She's got a lot of work to do on the shop before that happens though. One day as she's working she meets Eleanor, the...
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"Stay positive"
Drip. Drip. Drip. I keep hearing a constant sound and I feel wet. I'm soaked in water from what I can tell. My eyelids feel heavy but slowly they open.
Looking around I see I am in some type of building? A shed maybe? It must be raining outside because there is water leaking in from the roof.
I hear a cough and I shoot my head to the right. Trying to see through the darkness. "Mom?" My mom is here and she is tied up and hooked to a bar on the wall. "What did you do?"
"I tried to get what I am owed you ungrateful little girl. If you would have just given me that neither of us would be here right now." She was working with the enemy and they have both of us locked in here.
My whole body is sore but my arms are on fire. I try to move but it just burns more. I look up and notice that I'm hanging from a railing. My feet barely touch the ground.
I look back towards my mom. "You did this for money? All of this for money that doesn't even exist." I'm starting to raise my voice. "Mom, dads hospital bills were thousands of dollars a month."
My mom laughs. "You can't lie to me, I knew he had insurance. I know he had money saved for you and that he wouldn't give me any of it even when I asked him. All he ever cared about was you. He gave up on me a long time ago."
What a lie. My father loved her. "That's a load of crap. When dad was dying all he did was call out for you. He cried every night and I had to hold his hand and tell him it was okay. You left us when we needed you and for what? Money?"
My mom doesn't say anything back at first but then she comes back at full force. "I know he had money and now neither of us get to have it. This is all of your fault." There she goes putting everything on my shoulders.
"Mom, the insurance didn't cover everything. At some point they kicked him off of his plan and I had no clue how to fix it. I worked day after day trying to pay for his bills. The money he had saved for me I used for his bills." I yell.
"I know you're lying! How did you buy that shop then huh?" She starts thrashing at the pole trying to pull away. "God damn it this is all your fault Nova."
"I worked hard to get that shop. The rent was low enough that I could afford it. I took out a loan for everything else and had help from people in town for the rest." My body burns at every movement I take.
Tears start falling down my face. Where is Madz? How long have I been here? I hear some noises coming from the door when it slams open. "Oh look who's awake now. Both of them." Tank laughs out.
Tank slowly walks over to my mom and grabs her by the back of her head. Roughly he pulls her face to his. "You better have not been running your mouth in here."
"I didn't say anything important. I just asked her about the money. Why do you have me locked in here? What did I do? We had a plan." My mother says. She sounds scared and she should be.
