All Chapters of He Traded His Future to Spite Me: Chapter 11

Celia's POVThe grocery bags dug painfully into my fingers.I switched my phone to my other hand and set the bags on the ground."Where are you right now?" I asked.My voice was calm—so calm that I surprised even myself."I'm… I'm at the train station," he answered, his voice growing quieter with every word. "Celia, I'm out of money. Jill broke up with me, and she took all my money."I have nowhere to stay and nothing to eat. Celia, could you… could you send me some money?"I fell silent.I stood beneath the streetlight outside my apartment complex, my shadow stretching far down the sidewalk.I remembered two months earlier, when Chayce had stood right in front of me and said, "If you don't give me the money, I won't consider you my sister anymore."Now, that same little brother was calling to ask, "Celia, could you send me some money?"I suddenly felt incredibly exhausted. It wasn't physical exhaustion, but emotional weariness."Chayce."I spoke up, my voice soft yet reso