My Addiction by Ida Gonzalez (summer reading list TXT) 📗

“Oh, friend,” Isa just looks at me sadly.

“It's okay, Isa. You can go,” I assure her, “I’ll stay here.”

“No, I better stay with you.” I deny it again.

"It doesn't make sense that everyone is here, they can't do anything," I reason.

“No, Isa. Go to rest. I'll tell you if something happens, okay?”

“Are you sure, Paula?”

"Yeah, I'll be fine,” she nods and they finally leave. Iam just keeps his hands in his pockets, looking at me while keeping a serious look on his face.

“Why didn't you tell me your sister was sick?” he asks with a serious tone of voice.

“I cannot go through life, telling people all my problems. That's why I'm doing what I am doing,” I tell him.

“Doing what?” he asks.

“I agreed to be your companion because I needed the money. My sister, she has leukemia. I have to pay for her treatment and I don't have the money,” Iam looks at me surprised and with compassion.

"I'm so sorry, beautiful," he holds my face in his hands and forces me to look up at him.

“I need the money to buy the medicines,” I confess, devastated. That's how I feel.

“You could have told me to give it to you before,” he says.

“I can't, we have a contract” I shake my head.

 “Fuck the contract, Paula, this is more important” he comments.

“Thank you,” I say and can't stop crying.

"I'll make the deposit tomorrow and you can count on me for anything, Paula, okay?" I just nod my head, affirming gratefully.

My God, what am I going to do if something happens to my Katy? She is all I have.