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Her stomach was twisting in knots, which was really unusual. It was a sharp pain, something she hadn’t felt before when she wasn’t on her period.

Sammi’s phone had been beeping several times, letting her know about her blood sugar, so she had turned it to silent before she walked into the Sinners’ clubhouse. She didn’t want it to go off too many times and Deccan ask if she needed to leave to take a call. She didn’t want to be rude or disrespectful.

“Why don’t you ask him?” Deccan asked.

She sighed. “I have asked. He won’t tell me. I need to know if I actually need to sell my house or not.”

They were officially going to put it on the market in two days. That’s when she was supposed to have everything out of there. Someone had already viewed her house to potentially buy it. But they wouldn’t be able to put in an official offer until she listed it, and she was hoping she didn’t have to.

Even though it wasn’t her home, it held memories in it. It was the place she moved to when her parents died. It was the place where she came to relax and also the place where she found her Little side even more.

Deccan eyed her for several seconds. Sammi danced on the balls of her feet, not liking that he was just staring at her. But as she jumped from on foot to the other, she realized just how full her bladder was. She needed to pee badly.

“There’s still quite a bit of money owed. The past month and a half you have been the only one to pay me,” Deccan replied.

Her mouth fell open as she stared at him. Her brother hasn’t been paying? What had he been doing? All the blood drained from her face as Deccan spoke.

“Really?” Sammi asked, not wanting to believe what Deccan was saying.

“Yes, really.”

She looked at her feet for several seconds, blinking away the tears that threatened to fall. She couldn’t show weakness in front of him. He could easily have exploited her and that wouldn’t be good.

“Are you sure you’re okay?” Xavier asked. “You look a little pale and like you’re in pain. Are you doing the potty dance?”

Her face flushed as she realized she was still hopping around. Sammi stood still and looked up, shaking her head.

“Don’t lie, Little girl,” Xavier’s eyes narrowed.

“Can I know the amount to decide whether I need to sell my house? Can I know how much time we have left to pay off the debt?” Sammi asked, ignoring Xavier again.

She knew Deccan was a Daddy from on who Echo was and what she called him, but she didn’t know if any of the other members of the club were Daddies. But she figured since Xavier knew she was doing the potty dance that he was a Daddy or was around Littles a lot.

How embarrassing.

How could she have possibly done that without knowing? In front of two Daddies. They must have though she was crazy.

“It’s over twenty thousand.” Deccan eyed her again.

She winced as sharp pain spread across her stomach. What was going on? Why was she in so much pain?

“A lot of money,” Deccan continued, looking at her with a little sympathy.

“And how long do we have until I have to work?” she whispered, wincing again as her stomach protested.

Deccan’s eyes narrowed as she wrapped her right arm around her stomach. She couldn’t help it, though. Maybe holding her tummy would help ease some of the pain.

“Little girl,” he growled.

Sammi took a step back and stared at him.

“Freeze!” Xavier commanded.

She froze as they both stood.

“Wait!” she called out. “You can’t tell me what to do!”

Sammi took another step back as they both came toward her. They weren’t her Daddy so they couldn’t tell her what to do.

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