Hello! Um ... I would like to begin my story with an apology for everything that comes up in it. I would like to apologize to all of society. I am one of those girls who does things that they can’t be proud of. And if I did not really need help, I would never tell this story so openly. But I really need your help, or at least your advice. I hope a poll appears at the end of this video, like I asked them. Because now I feel like I am walking along a narrow, staggering bridge over an abyss, and every wrong step might very well be my last one. I dated my bestie's father. She doesn't know about this ... but I am afraid her mother does. My name is Sheila, I'm twenty years old. I study at a University and I plan to become a journalist. At least, I strive for this and hope that my life does not slide completely into hell. And also, I have a best friend. Her name is Rika. She is studying with me, and we share a room on campus. By the way, this room is where my story began and here it will also end. But let me not get ahead of myself.
It was one of the usual weekdays. Rika was studying tutorials on eyelash lengthening on YouTube, and I was buried in books, preparing for the next test. Then suddenly my mother called. It was strange, because it was already pretty late, so I picked up the phone with alarmed anticipation of something bad. And I was right — my mother really wanted to tell me something terrible. She had lost her job and it was a real disaster.
You see ... I am ashamed to admit it, but I was born into a poor family in a small town in Montana. I was raised by only my mother and I also have younger brothers. And now my mother and the boys are having to suffer in even worse poverty than I grew up in. For the sake of my future, they save every extra dollar to pay for my next term of education. I come home only a couple of times a year, so I can’t really evaluate the problem, but it seems to me that they are even starving because of me. And all this just so that I can get a good education and escape from poverty.
But please don’t get me wrong — I really do everything that I can to be worth the effort my family puts into my future! I am studying virtually all the time, only taking short breaks for food and sleep. I take the maximum amount of classes every term, meticulously making complicated schedules for myself. It is very important for me! So, my mother knew what kinds of questions I would ask her and assured me that she had already asked for social assistance, and that she was absolutely sure that she would find a new job very quickly. Mom promised that I wouldn’t have anything to worry about. But of course, I could not rely on that.
But I had no idea what to do next. I have long been accustomed to limiting myself in literally everything, but I needed money for my studies! My educational projects had to be handed in on time and they had to be really good to get high grades. So I really needed to lead an active lifestyle: to follow the news in culture and politics, to attend various exhibitions and meetings, and to travel from my campus to nearby cities. All this required money. And time. There are only twenty-four hours in a day, and with this way of life I could not even think about finding a normal regular part-time job. I also needed to sleep!
I wrote articles for all kinds of dubious internet sites, but they did not pay well, so I was still as poor as a church mouse. I lived without hope for a better life for about a month, and then something happened. My friend Rika invited me to dinner at a restaurant. Of course, she was aware of my situation, so she told me right away that she would cover all the expenses, she just desperately needed my company. That day, Rika's father, Mr. Neal, was supposed to come to town. He had had another argument with his wife, Rika’s mother, and needed some moral support. But Rika needed the opportunity to slip away right after dinner without leaving her father alone. She had already planned to go out with a guy she seemed to like, but at the same time Rika could not say no to her father either — according to her, the atmosphere in her family was really toxic. Rika's parents were experiencing a deep family crisis, and had slept in different bedrooms for many years. She even found it difficult to explain why they had not divorced yet. Well. For me, with my personal poverty crisis, Rika’s family problems seemed offensively ridiculous and far-fetched, but still I could not turn my friend down when she needed help.
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