Chapter 1Sabrina’s POV“Sabrina…?” Donna drawled, in a tone that tells me she was two seconds away from losing her shit on me completely. “I run a business, you know that? Not a charity.”“I’m sorry, Donna,” I apologized, squeezing myself through the back entrance into the kitchen, as Donna was also standing by the door with her arms folded together. “Eli developed a fever in the early hours of the morning,” I explained, tying my apron.Donna sighed, her face moving from controlled fury to worry. “How’s he now?”“Much better, sent him to school,” I said, trying my best not to cry. God knows all I wanted to do was stay in bed with him all day, but I couldn’t afford that. At least not today of all days, the extra bonus was going to help me alot–rent was due next week Friday, Eli’s football practice bill has been sitting on my kitchen counter for days now, and the persistent stream beneath my kitchen sink that I’d been managing with a bucket for almost a month. Calling a plumber for som
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