Snapdragons (THE MONSTER STALKER #2) by January Rayne EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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RHETT
Flashback to one year ago
They say money can’t buy happiness, but fuck everyone who has ever
said that. Those people have never been in unimaginable debt.
Like me.
I’m staring at one of many bills that has a big red stamp on the front that
says, “Past Due.” The amount owed keeps getting larger, the minimum
payments keep increasing, and the money Royals’ Garage makes is barely
enough to keep the lights on and food on the table.
“Fuck.” I wipe a hand over my mouth, picking up another bill that has too
many zeroes for me to count before my eyes cross.
I’m not sure when times got so hard. Maybe it’s always been like this.
I’ve been in survival mode for so long, for so many years, I’ve forgotten
what it is like to breathe without worry.
I’ve had to fire most of my crew because I couldn’t afford to pay them. I
hated to fire them because they were friends too. Now, it’s just me and Fitz.
My best friend. I think he knows that his time is limited here, but he has
never once complained. He is always ready to work.
“How many more months do you think we got, Royals?”
I lift my head from the bills that have ‘Rhett Royals’ plastered on the
front, and ‘OVERDUE’ stamped right next to it. Seeing how I went from
having the dream to nearly nothing at all is embarrassing. Royals’ Garage
was my dream.
When I first opened the shop ten years ago, business boomed. Everyone
brought their cars here, but then gas prices went up, people started losing
their jobs, and they couldn’t afford to bring their vehicles to Royals’
Garage.
I stare at Fitz, the man who has been by my side since we were kids
playing in mud puddles and learning how to ride bikes. He’s wiping his
hands on an oil-stained rag, leaning against the doorframe, his eyes locked
on the overdue bills scattered across the desk.
Sighing, I lean back in my chair and lace my hands behind my head.
“Maybe two more months? Even that is a stretch. I’m debating on just
shutting the doors for good. This isn’t fair to you. You need to be working at
a place that’s stable, Fitz.”
“Why won’t you take me up on my offer? I can be your partner. Let me
invest. We can turn this place around. I believe in it, Royals.”
A half, tired smirk crooks my mouth. “I know you do, Fitz. I’d love to do
that one day, but this isn’t the business to do it with. You’d be throwing
your money away. There is too much debt to climb out of. I’m thinking a
different town, a way to start over, maybe. I’m not sure how I’ll be able to
do it or if I can at all.”
He steps into the office and throws the rag onto his right shoulder. “You
can do it. This was a damn good business. The economy is hard right now.
It will bounce back. We just have to hang on a little bit longer.”
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