Marked, Not Kept
Maya was late again.
Not a little late. The kind of late that came with a warning stapled to it. Mr, Damien had said it last week, straight, right to her face, in the voice he used when he wasn't kidding. "One more time, Maya. One more and you're done."
Rent was due in five days. She had only forty dollars in her account and a fridge with ketchup and half an onion in it. So no. Getting fired was not an option tonight.