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Chapter 14 - Sal Gave Evan One New Rule
Evan kept his job at Sal’s.
Laura almost made him quit.
Sal convinced her otherwise.
“The job wasn’t the problem.”
He was right.
Secrecy was.
Adult responsibility was.
Unsafe trips were.
Dishwashing on Saturday was not.
Sal created one rule.
“No paycheck advances without your mother knowing.”
Evan groaned.
“That’s embarrassing.”
“You’re thirteen.”
Sal handed him a plate.
“Your whole existence is supposed to be embarrassing.”
Evan laughed.
He became better at work.
Faster.
More confident.
He still gave money away sometimes.
Five dollars to a school food drive.
Ten dollars to Samuel—no, not Samuel, to a winter shelter fundraiser
Daniel recommended.
But now he told Laura.
Helping others became a choice.
May you like
Not a secret obligation.
That difference changed everything.
