“That was fast,” I muttered as I opened the message.
Alicia and Caroline had moved to either side of me to watch what I was doing. They saw the message when I did. In it, was a date and time, and a way to make payment, including cost.
Damn.
The price wasn’t nearly as much as I thought it would be. Alicia and Caroline, though, whispered and muttered about what guy thought he was worth that much. They didn’t seem too bothered by this whole thing, though and didn’t call it off even though they thought it was too much.
“Well, I’ve done it,” I said, and shut off my phone’s screen. I handed Alicia her phone back.
“You must tell us who it is,” she said, giving me a stern look. “Don’t think we’ll let you off if you don’t, okay?”
Crap. If they want to know who it is, then I couldn’t call it off. If I gave some random name, what would I do if they went up to the guy and asked?
“Sure,” I said, lost as to what else I could do now that I’d gone this far with their game.
We continued on our way, but again, I wasn’t listening to the two of them because I was already regretting the bind I’d found myself in.
I need to get out of it later tonight, I thought to myself. If I ask for a name and promise to pay, he’d probably agree to it, right?
No one could do something like this for fun, it had to be desperation. If people were talking about it, then the guy behind it had to be someone incredible, right? If he did it for the money, I had plenty to play with, if he’d keep his mouth shut.
As we sat in the cafeteria, though, a different thought went through my mind.
I could refuse, or… Could I go along with it?
What if it is someone incredible? Someone I wouldn’t mind giving my virginity to… then I could do what these two wanted and finally be rid of the one thing I’ve been hanging on to for way too long.
The thought made me blush, but I was also a bit intrigued.Chapter Two
NoahI rolled over in bed after I put my phone down. It was the middle of the day, but I’d been up all night and hadn’t fallen asleep until the earliest hours of the morning. I was lucky to not have classes today, and I planned to spend the rest of the day relaxing.
Well, it had been the original idea, but clearly, I’d be busy again tonight.
“Ugh,” I groaned to myself, buried my face in my pillow and curled up.
Just because I was in my final year of school, didn’t mean I could relax. I didn’t have as many classes to do this semester as I did in my first year, but I had a lot to of major projects to get done that I didn’t have to worry about in those first years. Senior projects, they were the worst.
My phone buzzed again, and I frowned. I wanted to ignore it, but it could be something important.
If it’s another job, I’m already busy tonight…
My hand stretched out to the nightstand without looking, and I patted around until I touched my phone and grabbed it. I squinted my eyes open, only to freeze when I saw it was Dad calling me.
Suddenly very awake, I sat up and answered the call.
“Dad,” I said, the single word so full of sarcasm that he could choke on it. “To what do I owe the pleasure?”
I’d given up all hope on this parent of mine already.
“I’ve got some really good news,” he said and even chuckled.
My eyes narrowed in suspicion. Dad was entirely too happy for someone that should be feeling guilty.
After all, the whole reason I sold my body for sex was because of this dad of mine who gambled away all my college money. I’d come too far just to quit, and I didn’t want to wait another year to graduate, either, so I had to raise the tuition somehow. Taking on a part-time job took up too much time, and the returns weren’t worth it. Besides tuition, I needed money for food, books and other stuff.
At least part of the fault was mine, though, so I couldn’t put all the blame on Dad. He’d asked me for the money, and I should have wondered why, but I’d lent it to him anyway during the summer. He’d promised to have it back when I needed it for school, only to be left with nothing when he told me he’d lost it all.
“What is this so-called good news, then?”
“I’ll be able to give you all your money back, very soon.”
My eyebrows jumped up. “Where the hell did you get the money?”
It wasn’t a small sum by any means, a sum that had been saved up since before I was in high school. The only reason Dad hadn’t gambled it all away before was that it was under my name and he couldn’t get into it. My tuition was paid out directly to the school, while I would receive an allowance until I turned twenty-one when I would gain full control of any the funds left. Because he was my dad, and I was a good son, I gave the money over without suspicion, but I should have thought it through.