Jake

"Travis?" I answered, annoyed. "It's seven in the morning, I was sleeping. Why are you calling me at this hour? Couldn't you wait a few hours?"

"No. I have to tell you something important."

Something important...

"Something important about what?" I wanted to know. I hoped it wasn't about money.

"It's about the money, your five thousand dollars."

I rubbed my face in frustration.

This was the last thing I needed. The only thing that allowed me to sleep peacefully tonight was thinking about those five thousand dollars I won in the race. I had planned a quiet month with that money, thinking of buying groceries for the house,...