stay young, to live it up with that handsome young thing”
“Ah, my boy, don’t be mad! The girls got through to me, made me see sense. When it comes down to it, money is the real deal for keeping a gly interested, not youth,”
In my previous life, Tracy had confessed; the so–called treasures of wealth, health, and youth all hinged on how badly the Petersons craved them.
Tracy had her heart set on youth because she had fallen for a guy in his forties, but he was into younger women,
After my rebirth, I wasted no time getting cozy with Tracy’s clique, convincing her that cash trumped youth any day,
Crack!
Jeffrey slammed his fist against the wall.
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He was livid, “Is this why my skin is hanging off me like old laundry? Did that lousy bracelet suck away my youth?”
Tracy, catching sight of her son’s ghastly, pale skin, stumbled backward in shock: “Juliet… Juliet didn’t die from some health curse, did she?”
Something clicked for Jeffrey, and he chucked the lottery ticket he once treasured to the floor.
In a fit of rage, he ground it under his shoe. “Some family heirloom bracelet, some hundred fifty million dollar jackpot… I bet that bracelet’s nothing but bad luck. Go find someone to get rid of this curse!”
Scared out of her wits, Tracy’s knees buckled, and she crumpled to the floor.
She suddenly remembered something and quickly took her phone out of her pocket. As she caught sight of the digits on the screen, her lips quivered and her face went pale.
“This is it, this is it, I’m down to my last few cents, oh, I’m done for…”
Jeffrey, however, was not ready to throw in the towel.
He grabbed his mom’s collar in a rage. “Answer me, you old witch, how do we fix this?!”
Chapter 8
