I Showered My Mom With Stolen Cash To Keep Her Quiet

hi I'm Dora and my parents recently put my life in danger to serve their own needs I didn't have the best upbringing I live in a bad neighborhood and my dad was always off doing shady deals with his friends as he called them don't look at them my mom told me if we were ever in the car when Dad stopped to visit his friends don't ever talk to them sometimes when my dad wanted to have his friends over my mom would send me to my friend Kate's for sleepovers I loved Kate's house it was big and clean with a beautiful yard and the pool her parents were nice and her dad always cooked good food I wish I lived in a home like hers and Kate was never snobby about having more money than me she always made me feel like part of the family over the years her home became my safe haven the difference in our circumstances was clear though like one day we were looking for tape in her mom's desk and we came across a large envelope stuffed full it wasn't sealed so I peeked inside it was full of cash oh yeah Kate said that's the sunroom fund so what I asked Kate said her parents wanted to build a sunroom onto the house every time they have spare cash they put it in that envelope they don't even count it or anything my mom is just like one day we'll open it up and be pleasantly surprised I tried to act like that was cool but inside I was angry my parents could barely afford rent and Kate's family was going to add more to their already huge house that night I picked a fight with my parents why do we live in a slum I demanded you both work why don't we have anything nice my mom called me ungrateful and my dad said if I didn't like living here I was free to leave that I'd just be one less mouth to feed then they turned to fighting with each other which they had been doing morally I went to bed and a few minutes later heard mom leave the house where was she going at this hour the next day I came home to find mom crying in the kitchen what's wrong I asked she just shook her head mom please tell me I thought she was still upset about what I said last night but finally she looked at me and said I'm in trouble a thousand fears raised through my mind what kind of trouble I owe one of your dad's friends $800 I was shocked she said she'd borrowed the money so she could buy a new dress and jewelry for a date a date I repeated confused you mean with dad she shook her head wearily I've been seeing someone else at first I was furious all I could do is cry and ask why should she Devon dad but eventually I calmed down my dad wasn't a very good person it was easy to see why my mom would want to be with someone else the most important thing was that she was in trouble and I needed to help her they said if I didn't come up with the money they'd hurt me her my family I have about five hundred dollars but I can't get the rest and I can't tell your dad I didn't know what to do so I just hugged her while she cried that night I couldn't sleep I was scared dad's friends would come to the house and hurt us I wondered what I could do I had a part-time job but the money I made there wasn't enough to help my mom still I'd give her everything I could the next day I went to Kate's after school we tried to have our usual fun but she said I seemed down asked what was wrong I promised my mom I wouldn't breathe the word to anybody so I said nothing later she went to the bathroom and suddenly I remembered the envelope in her mom's desk the Sun Room fund I pushed the thought away but it kept coming back back they don't need a sunroom I told myself why should they get things they don't even need when my family can barely afford things we do need before I could think I was reaching in the drawer I grabbed several 20s from the envelope and stuffed them in my pocket then I put the envelope back I tried to eat some of Kate's dad's delicious dinner that night but I felt too queasy and returned home when I arrived I gave the money to mom here I made this in tips at work I lied it was only $80 I needed to find a way to get more I wanted to ask my mom why her new boyfriend didn't lunch her the money since he'd gotten her into this mess instead I promised her I'd get more money tomorrow all night I tossed and turned how could I have done this to Kate and her family when they'd been so good to me I just kept reminding myself that they didn't really need the money that they'd done nothing to deserve the money the next day I came home from school to find my mom scrubbing red stuff off her car someone had painted a giant bullseye on the side help me she ordered before your father sees I grabbed your rag and started helping as we worked a car drove by slowly get down my mom pushed me behind her I crouched my heart pounding I felt sick with terror were we about to be attacked right here in front of our house but the car finally passed by we need that money my mom said now so I went to Kate's and waited for my opportunity when her mom called her away to help with something I opened the envelope and counted out 220 dollars I still needed that night I gave the money to my mom she hugged me and told me I was a wonderful daughter she didn't even ask how I got the money why was I suddenly making so much in tips for a job that barely paid anything most days I spent another sleepless night the next day kate seemed down when I asked her what was wrong she said my parents think someone stole money from the Sun Room fund I froze terrified I knew she was going to accuse me and I wouldn't be able to deny it she'd hate me forever I'd never be able to go back to her beautiful safe home and I'd probably go to jail they think it's my brothers from Kelsey she went on that kids bad news I stared in shock they didn't suspect me I was off the hook except now what if they accused Kelsey what if he got in trouble when I went home that day I was a wreck and it didn't help that I arrived to find my parents in the middle of a screaming match my dad had found out about the loan my mom had gotten from his friends and all about her affair he accused her of doing terrible things to earn the money to pay back the loan just wanting it to stop I jumped in the middle I stole the money from Kate I said they both stopped shouting and looked at me her family has an envelope where they're saving cash I'm going to pay it back I swear I just didn't know what else to do tad looked at mom and said he was disgusted that she's gotten me involved he shoved the stolen cash at me and said to give it back to Kate's family he said they'd find another way to pay back his friends then he stormed out moms had town at the table and cried knowing what I had to do now I went to Kate's gave her back the money and told her everything do you hate me now I asked I don't know what to say she said I'll talk to you when I'm ready I never expected to hear from her again but the next day she invited me over her family was all sitting around the table I could barely face them but her mom handed me an envelope this is alone she said to get your mom out of debt you can take whatever time you need to pay it back I was shocked I asked why they were doing this Kate said I wish you told me you were in trouble I thought we were friends that's what she was upset about that I hadn't told her not that I'd stolen from her I tried to refuse the loan but they insisted and made the promise that if I ever needed help in the future I'd just ask I apologized and promised a million times that I'd never betray their trust again and I'd pay back the loan ASAP things were rough after that my mom paid her debt but my parents began the process of a messy divorce however Kate was always by my side and her loyalty has helped me get through this I might never have known what a good friend I had if our friendship hadn't been tested like this dude do you like my story please let me know in the comments if you think I should have done anything different and don't forget to like this video and subscribe to this 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Length: 10min 9sec (609 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 15 2019