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Hayden's POV:

I slam the front door, and Evan jumps in fright. He see's me and smiles, "Hey, beautiful."

"Don't 'beautiful' me." I glare, sternly.

His smile falls, "What's wrong?"

"How the hell do you know Liam Payne?"

"I don't."

"Evan, don't you fucking lie to me." My body shakes from rage.

He sighs. "I'm sorry, Hayden. It's just..."

"You sell weed to him, Evan!"

"Okay, yes. But let me explain. Okay?" Tears well up in his eyes.

"Okay."

"I have to get money to be able to pay for a place for us. So we can get away from our mother. My job doesn't pay enough, and no matter how many jobs I get, it wouldn't be able to pay all the necessary bills."

My heart stops, he's doing this for me...

"So you sell weed?"

"It's the fastest way to get money, and the fastest way to get money so we can get out of here! I was going to stop as soon as I got enough money and could pay my way through college, and help you when you got to college." Tears fall continuously down his red cheeks. "I did this all for us, Denny."

I sigh, my heart braking, "Evan-"

"No, Denny. I'll stop, I'll stop. I promise, I really will! I will cut all my ties with them, I promise. Okay?" He cries, frantically.

"Sh, Evan." I soothe, bringing him into a hug. "It's okay...It's okay. Just cut all ties, okay? I want you safe."

As soon as Evan leaves for work, I walk upstairs to my bedroom. Lucky for me, my mother and Eric were out for awhile. So I had the house all to myself. I step into my room, but step back out as something in my mom's room catches my eye.

I walk into her room, and eye checks stashed into her drawer. Curiosity gets the best of me, and I open it to look through each check carefully. Almost all checks are written out to my mother, but one in particular catches my eye. It is a check written out to my mom for more then one million dollars. My eyes skim it, and I suddenly feel nauseous. My dad's sloppy signature is signed at the bottom, meaning he wrote it out to my mother. This makes no sense!

I shuffle through more checks, and instead find an old photo dated back to 2007. My dad is smiling widely into the camera as he hugs my smiling mom from behind. Next to them, is what seems to be a family friend. I turn it over, to see three names sprawled on the back.

John, Martha, and Eric

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