{NATHAN}
"Angelica," I say flatly as I open the front door.
In the living room, Lia is dancing in front of the new screen I bought just a few days ago. She asked for a big TV, so I got her a big TV. Kay was mad. Every time I do something that improves her house, she's mad. But I'm not going to have my daughters live in the same shitty house she grew up in, no matter how nice Caden tried to make it look.
Plus, Lia calls me Mr. Daddy now instead of Mr. Nate. The girl can ask anything she wants in the world. I'll get it just to hear her little excited voice saying, "Thank you, Mr. Daddy."
"I need money."
For a second there, I was so lost in my thoughts, I almost forgot Kay's mom was standing on the porch. If she thinks she's going to be invited in, she's about to get a brutal awakening.
"And you're telling me that because? I thought you'd gone back to West Virginia already."
She shakes her head. "I need money," she repeats.
