Chapter 22

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"Hey!!! No school today" Mary asked just walking out of her bedroom in pyjamas barely recovering from the hangover she has yesterday from the party she was hosting in their home is a surprise that her younger sister isn't in school but rather watching MTV in the living room she wasn't paying attention to the screen the money in her box in her bedroom was freaking her out, she can't hide that sum of money from her older sister because if she makes any mistake and the cops come after her she's not as confident as answering questions.

The only option left was to open up to Mary she knows how to clean money and how it works not to mention how suddenly she's going against her conscience just yesterday she was preaching to Mary and calling Simon a liar for going back to the street.

"Not feeling too well can you make that tea two cups I need it" Jess glanced at Mary who was in the kitchen preparing breakfast and brewing water for hot tea.

Mary observed her and then sighed, Jessica didn't start up the conversation neither did Mary, so it was an awkward silence and she knew her sister, skipping school was not her type of thing a few minutes later she hand a mug of tea over to her.

"Thanks" Jess blew off the steam from the edge of the mug, Mary wasn't buying her bullshit right that minute Mary cut in, noticing how uneasy she sits in the living room from where she was standing preparing the tea. She seems off.

"What's going on ditching school is a misplaced priority when it comes to you Jess so spill what's going on with you.....and don't start with lying to me I will know just from the kitchen view I can sense how uneasy you are" Mary sat close to her rubbing her knee to ease her up.

"How was the poker did you make plenty of money?" She asked sipping just a little before looking up to her sister.

"Well yeah, plus the alcohol I sold so we are out of drinks and we need to restock foodstuffs any idea when your paycheck is coming in your tips are the bare minimum" Jess slowly put the mug down after taking her first sip.

"How much is it in total have you made a draft for what you want to get" She rubbed her hands together to moisten the tension?

"Not until you answer my question, you don't care about my poker game.....it was just one time if you want to know so bad besides you didn't like the whole scenario I figure I had to take my game somewhere else" Jess sips more, her hands shaking, Mary noticed it.

"So how much do you want," she asked raising her head from the mug.

Mary went with the flow because she was talking a lot and Jess was barely forming a sentence.