Paying Payback

Chapter 2 || Hermana

I messed up so much last night. I actually was stupid enough get carried away by my sexual desires. It was nothing like me.

I know some people think of stripper and they immediately think low graded bitches who just want sex and money, but that's not the case for me.

I was born into such a poor family and my parents worked themselves to the grave. I have my sister to raise and the only job I know that pays a lot in a short amount of time is stripping.

Working at the library is easy and I always enjoyed it since I loved books, but it just wasn't enough for me to provide for Kara.

My little sister is 12 years old and everyday I struggle with taking care of her. We get by fine, but since she started going to an advanced school I have to pay a higher tuition, but I earn 20k a year and still have to go to school and raise my sister.

I don't enjoy the strip club, but it's a good alternative to earn money to pay for food and school. I was lucky enough to have found a person who paid for college full time and the money I saved helped us rent the apartment we live in now.

My parents passed away when I was 18 years old and Kara was only 10 years old. They never graduated high school and never went to college so odd jobs were normal for them. They gave up everything for the both of us. I was on my way to college when they suddenly died at a construction site working. I was left in custody of Kara and luckily was still able to go to school here in the city. I was bound for a full scholarship to North Carolina University when their death suddenly happened.  I didn't want to leave the city and deprive my sister of the place where our parents planned to raise her in. I had gotten accepted to NYU and going there seemed like the logical solution. It was a walking distance from my apartment and I was still able to be with Kara. I was fortunate enough to have Mr Wayne in my life. He was very fond of me and my writing. He sought me out when I was a sophomore in high school because I won a writing contest. He promised if I kept on writing that he'd pay for college because he wanted to see me make something of myself. Till this day he's become a huge part of our lives. He's like the grandfather we never had. He always looked out for us and he supports my dream of getting into publishing and baking.

Last night was a mistake because I almost put my identity on the line. We weren't allowed to show our face because it costs complications once we're off the clock. I'm glad I don't have to go back to work for another three days.

"Kat! Have you seen my shoes? I can't find them and we have to leave in half an hour?" I hear Kara scream from her room. Pinning the small hair I had left to the back of my head I make my way to my sister's room. It's messy and she's kneeling on the floor pulling everything out from under her bed.

"Sweetheart, why don't you calm down? We have plenty of time." I say opening her closet.

"You're not even ready Kat! We need to leave soon! Graduation starts soon." she sighs giving me a worried face.

"Here I found them." I say grabbing her new pair of shoes from the top shelf of her closet.

"Oh thank god!Can you help me put them on please?" she asks sitting on her bed. I grab the beautiful pair of black lace up flats from the box and tie them to her ankles. She looks at me biting her lip her worried line showing on her forehead. I finish tying her shoe and press the worried line.

"Stop worrying so much, you'll get wrinkles before you're 18." I say taking her hand as she sticks her tongue out at me.

"You look beautiful sweetheart, I'm so proud of you. Mom and Dad would be so happy to see you graduating elementary school." I say feeling the tears fall to my cheeks, looking her up and down.