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Chapter 19
Kenny's POV
"I knew you would come crawling back!" I called Kevin. I know I'm going to regret this call and what I'm going to say, but I have to do this for Megan.
"You win..." I say sadly.
"Win what?"
"I'll come back and work for you..."
"I knew you would come to your senses!" I can hear the excitement in his voice.
"I have one condition."
He laughs. "You're not in any position to ask for a condition!"
"My only condition is you stop pimping out Megan."
"Why do you care? She's damaged good now. Do you really want someone I've slept with?" I can't believe how he keeps rubbing it in.
"I'm serious Kevin! She's only doing this for me and I want it to stop!"
"Fine, I'll give her an out. But you have to meet my condition!"
"What?"
"Ms. Cartman!"
I should've know it would be something I would hate. "No way! Cartman still wants to kick my ass for the last time!"
"She's been asking about you and she pays well. Take it or leave it!"
"Don't you care if I get beat up by her crazy son?"
"Why would I? That's your problem! I'm going to call Ms. Cartman, you better be ready when I call you!"
"I will!" I hang up the phone. I'm already having regrets.
No more than 20 minutes later, Kevin called me and told me to meet up with him. I was hoping I wouldn't hear from him for another day or two. I stick my head in Karen's room. "I need you to watch Drew again."
"Come on Kenny! I have to study my calculus test!"
"Please!" I plead with her. "I'm...job hunting!" I lie.
"Fine!" She rolls her eyes at me.
"Don't be like that."
"Every time you ask me to watch Drew, you get in some kind of trouble. I don't know if I believe you're job hunting."
"I really am!" I tell her as I hug her. "Thanks again. I'll be back as soon as I can!" I quickly rush out of the house.
When Kevin pulls up to Ms. Cartman's house, I immediately begin to have regrets. I start fidgeting nervously. "What's the problem?" Kevin asks me.
"I can't do this..."
"You can and you will!"
"If Cartman finds out-"
"Who cares if he does? Here!" He puts an ecstasy pill in my hand. "Take one to relax your nerves!"
"But-"
"Now what?"
"I'm trying not to do drugs anymore."
Kevin laughs. "Sure you are!"
"I promised Drew!"
"Parents make empty promises all the time. Look at your own!"
"Someone has to break the cycle."
"It won't be you! Now take it and let's go!"
"I can't..."
"Then I guess I'll have to call Megan. I'm sure she won't mind dipping in the lady pond."
"No! I'll do it!" I swallow the pill.
"Good boy! Now let's go! You better not fuck it up this time!" We get out of the car and walk up to the door. Kevin rings the doorbell and Ms. Cartman opens the door and smiles.
"Hello boys!" She greets us.
"Hi!" Kevin pushes me towards her. "Sorry for the long wait, but he's all yours."
"Come on up Kenny." Ms. Cartman puts her arm around me.
"You promise Cartman won't find out about it this time?" I ask her.
"Don't worry about Eric dear."
Kevin smacks me in the back of the head. "Yeah, stop worrying and go make this money!"
"Okay..." Ms. Cartman takes me to her room. Again, I'm still full of regret…
Kevin's POV
After Kenny is done with Ms. Cartman, I'm in the car counting the money. She paid $2,000 for him plus 10 grams of heroin. I give Kenny the bag of heroin and I notice he's crying. I smack him. "Stop crying! This isn't the first time you did this!"
"I feel like I betrayed my son!" He wipes his eyes.
"Get over it! You have another client to see."
He looks at me in shock. "Now?"
He's starting to piss me off. "Yes now!"
"I just finished with a client. I'm tired!"
I smack him again. "That's too damn bad! You owe me!"
"I only owe you for posting my bail. Ms. Cartman more than made up for that."
I shake my head. I can't believe he thought it would be that easy. "You owe me for the month I had to miss out on money plus interest for the bail money!"
"You can't be serious!"
"I am! Unless you want me to call Megan…"
"Anything but that!" I always know the right buttons to push.
"Good! Now stop crying and pull yourself together! Act like a man for once in your pathetic life so we can make this money!" I hope I've gotten through to him. He really only has two options, either he does it or Megan does.
Karen's POV
It's 2:30 in the morning and I'm still awake studying for my calculus test. I would've went to sleep hours ago, but Kenny hasn't come back yet and I've had a hard time getting Drew to stay asleep. He's in my room and I think he finally fell asleep for good this time. "Do you think my daddy is home?" Oh great, he's awake again. I spoke too soon.
"I didn't hear him come in." I tell him.
"I can't sleep without him here." He pokes out his bottom lip. I really feel bad for him.
"Can you try? I don't want you to be sleepy at school tomorrow."
"I won't be sleepy. I just want my daddy."
"I know, he should be home soon. The sooner you go to sleep, the sooner he'll be home."
"Are you sure?"
"You won't know if you don't go to sleep, will you?"
"I think you're tricking me!"
"Come on Drew! Why are you giving me a hard time? I need you go to sleep so I can finish studying for my test tomorrow."
"Sorry…" I hear a noise coming from Kenny's room. "Did you hear that?" Drew asks.
I nod. "I did. It sounds like it came from your room."
"I think it's daddy! He's home!" He gets out of bed, but I stop him.
"Wait! You stay here while I go check it out." I want to make sure it's Kenny and not an intruder. I open the door and I see Kenny on the floor with no shirt on, sticking a needle in his arm. "Kenny?!"
"Karen…don't you know how to knock?" He glares at me.
"I can't believe you're doing this! What is wrong with you?"
"Daddy! You're home!" Drew rushes in the room.
"Drew, please go back in my room!" I order him.
Drew looks at Kenny and frowns. "Daddy…what are you doing?"
"Listen to Aunt Karen. Please Drew…" Kenny begs him.
"Daddy, are you…?"
"Drew! Please go! I need to talk to Kenny!" I order him again.
"Okay…" He looks at Kenny and leaves. I close the door.
"Damnit!" Kenny removes the needle and breaks down. "I never wanted Drew to see me this way…"
"How could do this? You've been doing so well!"
He nods. "I know, it's just one time!"
"You have to go to court! What if you had gotten caught? You realize you're at the risk of going to jail, right?"
"You don't know the kind of day I've had today. Hell, you don't know how hard life has been since I got out of rehab!" He sobs.
"Life is hard! That's not an excuse!"
"I had to go back to prostitution…"
I frown. "Why the hell would you do that?"
"Because I couldn't let Megan take the wrath for me."
"Fuck Megan! It's her fault you went to jail in the first place."
He shakes his head. "It was my own fault. I wish you guys would stop blaming her. She made a huge sacrifice for me and I couldn't let her go through with it."
"She made a sacrifice by fucking Kevin?"
"World travels fast. He made her do it and he wanted me to see it. Megan explained everything and I refuse to let her live a life of prostitution so I went to Kevin and said I'll go back to it. I was forced to have sex with four women today. I'm worn out!" He wipes his eyes.
"I don't want or need details. You should've let Megan do it if it going to bring you back to this!"
"I care about her too much…"
"Once again, you were manipulated by Kevin. I'm really disappointed in you Kenny. I thought you were going to do better."
"I tried, I really did. I'm so sorry Karen." He lowers his head in shame and continues to cry.
"I'm not the one who needs your apology, Drew does! You broke your promise!"
"I know…"
"I'm going to tell Drew to sleep in my room. I don't want him to be around you and your habit! It's clear that's what's more important to you." I storm out of his room. The last time this happened, I called Kyle for help. I don't know if anyone can help Kenny at this point…
