Chapter 56

JOJO: The coming days went by in quite a blur for me. I spent most of my free time with Ashley, or on a call with Mel and Valerie. I had made it my point of duty to reach out to them, even if it was for only ten minutes, every day.  I was not going to repeat the same mistake I made the last time. The mistake of letting them be on their own while I lived the next thing to my best life over here. Ashley had also advised me to look towards opening a bank account, so Bentley could begin to deposit my money there, instead of giving me cash all the time. With a bank account, I could also work on acquiring a credit card and would not always have to fill my bag with wads of cash. It was not safe, and neither was it sane. She scolded me for sometimes having up to five thousand dollars. One day, when we were out to get snacks and my purse fell from my hands, it opened up and all the contents spilled on the ground, including all the extra cash I had earned from the night before. I lowered my head