The Westbrook Games

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The Westbrook Games

Fantasylast updateLast Updated : 2022-12-28

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Clay Willis is surviving by a miracle and firmly believes that she has exhausted every bad luck in this life and her next two. She is working multiple jobs,her landlord is always after her,the evil kid from the bar is trying to get her fired and her sister has a bad heart, she is positive , nothing can go wrong again. But,once again life chooses to shock her when she finds out that her sister's health has suddenly deteriorated and the cost of a new heart is about as high as the cost of a life. She goes to a family she hates and they request for just that,a life in exchange for her sister's heart. If Clay plays the game well,she might get her life and her sister's back but if she does not,she dies and her sister follows.

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Chapter 1

The usual

" The usual " .

Clay blinked , she was pretty good with faces and she was sure she had never seen this man before .

Yet he was asking for his usual .

Clay was not in the mood to humour some drunk ass .

" What would that be sir ? "

The man frowned , obviously displeased with Clay .

He must have seen the dead ass expression on Clay's face .

" A bloody Mary " .

Clay grabbed a glass to fill the man's order .

'' On the rocks ", the man called out .

Clay nodded , grabbed the ice box and filled the man's glass .

She slid the glass over the wide tabletop to the man .

The man nodded at her , the kind of nod you would save for your pals .

Clay did not return his nod , instead she went back to work .

She filled drinks , added ice when it was asked for and wiped the table down every couple of minutes , not because it was dirty but because she could not stand doing nothing .

She looked down at the wrist watch she had placed beneath the counter .

The owner of the bar had forbade having wristwatches while they worked so the customers would not ask for the time .

9 : 45 pm

She still had an hour and fifteen minutes till her shift was over .

She took a deep breath , she would get through this night too .

" Clay !"

She turned to see who had called .

Timmy stood behind her , a frown on his face .

Clay frowned back at him waiting to hear why he had called her .

Timmy did not like her enough to just call out her name for no apparently good enough reason .

" Someone's on the phone for you ".

Clay looked around , it was a Tuesday so there was not a lot of people that the other bartender , Kim could not handle .

She took off her apron as she walked towards Timmy .

Timmy's frown intensified as she drew closer .

The thing was Timmy was an highschool student that was called in only whenever there was a lot to handle .

Their asshole manager had mentioned in front of them all that if any of them lost their jobs , Timmy would be replacing them .

Timmy had decided however that it was Clay's job he wanted .

She entered the back store room , the telephone hung unplugged .

She picked it up .

" Hello ".

There was no reply , only a distant rustling .

" Hello ".

Phone calls made her nervous , they were usually about her sister .

" Jade ? "

" No gorgeous , it's not your sister ".

It was Tommy , he lived in the crumbling apartment complex that she and hersister lived at .

He usually kept her sister company .

" Tommy , Is Jade okay ? "

" Sure are intuitive for a pretty one . Yah I called about your sister , she's been all curled up like she is trying out to be a ball and it's been hours ".

Clay's heart stopped for a second .

" Thank you Tommy , I'll be there in a few ".

She ended the call and was about to walk out of the room when she heard the manager talking .

He was talking to Timmy .

" How long has she been in there ? "

" It's been hours sir. She told me that she was going to be resting for a few minutes so I let her go in but she's been there so long and I even heard hee making a call to a man , probably her boyfriend sir ".

" That crazy lunatic ", the manager spat .

Timmy's voice was coated with honey .

Clay could just imagine the managers 

face , he had always hated Clay maybe because Clay would not call him ' sir ' but she had been here even before he was made manager , so he had not been able to find a good reason to fire him .

She opened the door and stepped out .

The managers face twisted into a very ugly look when he sighted Clay while Timmy's smile stretched impossibly wider .

" You are getting it now . You are ..."

Clay did not let him finish , she interrupted what the manager had been about to say .

" I quit ".

The manager looked quite surprised even though Clay was sure that he had just been about to fire her .

" You ..."

Clay did not have to wait to listen to his shit .

Luckily , she had received a paycheck just last week .

She walked past them and towards the bar , she grabbed her stuff from beneath the counter .

She turned to survey the bar and grabbed two bottles of Monet .

" My pay for the past three days ".

There was no point asking for cash , the manager was not going to give her .

She packed all of her stuff into her backpack and scaled over the bar top .

When she landed on the other side , she realized that everyone was staring .

She brushed them off and adjusted her clothes , she was going to really just leave but she could not .

She grabbed her apron , balled it up and threw it in Timmy's face .

It had the desired effect , Timmy stumbled into the manager and they both fell back .

Clay turned around and exited the building .

She ran all the way home , taking the bus was a luxury she could not afford especially now that she had just lost one of her jobs .

She arrived at their run down building in fifteen minutes , a new record .

The elevator had long since been written off .

They lived on the fifth floor , it took another two minutes for her to reach there .

They lived in unit Fifty - two but Tommy stayed at Fifty - three .

She knocked once and walked in , running towards the only chair that Tommy had that was not completely stained with alcohol and other undecipherable stains .

Jade lay there .

She was curled like a ball .

Her long blonde hair was in a messy ponytail and she had eyeshadow on her eyes .

" Jade ? Baby wake up , I'm here ".

She turned slightly to face her before opening her eyes , her extremely blue eyes .

She was an exact replica of their mum .

" You are here early "

She was also very observant , her blue eyes travelled about her body .

" Yeah , Tommy called me . What's wrong ?"

She rolled her eyes , puckering her little mouth .

" Tommy is a drunk and he's fucking suffering from Paranoia ".

Clay narrowed his eyes , she smiled sweetly .

" Tommy is not a very responsible adult ", she said .

" You like him ", Clay reminded his sister .

She scoffed .

" Liking someone does not mean you have to lie about what the person really is ".

Clay finally saw it , her hands were clasped .

Her sister was very touchy but she had not touched her once since she walked in .

She could not bring herself to touch her , scared of what she would discover .

" The pretty young thing is back , eureka ".

Clay turned to face Tommy , he walked out of his room wearing a see through gown with nothing underneath .

" I'm pretty sure that's not how you use Eureka ", Jade said to him .

He ignored Jade .

" You lost your job , didn't you ?" 

She turned back to Jade and grinned , she had always been perceptive like that .

" Oh honey , you got the quits? I could get you a nice job, Ya know ? "

Clay was about to politely refuse for what was probably the seven hundredth time when her sister beat him to the chase .

" Clay won't be working anywhere around you , go back to bed " .

Tommy looked around like she had lost something .

" The rude brat is right , I best be going to bed ".

Clay quickly pulled out one of the Monet she had taken and placed it on the table .

" For you Tommy, thank you for watching Jade ".

Tommy clapped his hands and ran to her , he picked up the bottle to examine it .

" A Monet ? Just for me ? Tell me rude brat , why wouldn't I love your sister ? "

" Go to bed !" , Jade yelled .

Tommy stood up with the Monet under his armpit and stumbled into hus room .

Clay finally touched her sister , she was so cold , she exhaled .

She was smiling but It did not reach her eyes .

" It doesn't hurt all that much ".

Clay bowed her head , she was angry .

She was always angry .

Why did her seven year old sister have to go through so much pain ?

When she raised her head though , a smile was on her face .

" Let's go to Will " , she announced .

Jade rolled her eyes yet again .

" I don't want to go there , Will's a murderer ".

Clay sighed and bent to lift her into her arms .

" I can walk ".

She ignored her .

" You shouldn't call Will a murderer , he's been nothing but nice to us ".

Will was a doctor whose medical license had been revoked when a patient of his had died during surgery .

He looked at Jade once in a while and told Clay what drugs to buy .

Jade had a heart condition .

She had a hole in her heart and was constantly exhausted and in pain .

She had turned all her free time into time for making creative insults .

" Might as well get a piggyback ride if you're going to carry me ".

She did as she wanted , transferring her to her back and her backpack to hee front .

" I got a calculus textbook today ".

" Should seven year olds be using calculus textbooks ?"

" Who cares ? "

Clay chuckled .

She did not go to school because of her heart condition but Clay was sure she was still better than the kids that attended the best schools .

Dean attended a part time college , she would have long since quit but that seemed to be the only hope she had to take care of her sister .

" If you were fired , does that mean Timmy the goat got your job ? "

" I quit ", She told her .

She laughed quietly .

" Tell me you at least made a dramatic exit ".

" I did ".

She laughed again .

They had arrived at Will's equally run down house .

She entered without knocking , Will never did come to open the door when you knocked .

She went in and found Will asleep on the couch .

The house was a mess .

She kicked the Couch, startling Will into a sudden awakening .

Jade laughed behind her .

Will opened his eyes .

" What are you two asses doing here ? "

Clay could already picture her sister rolling her eyes .

" I need you to have a look at her ".

Will sat up and observed both of them. 

" Take her to a real hospital ".

Will did this every time they came over .

Clay nudged her sister .

She coughed once and then twice .

" Please Uncle Will , help , I think I'm dying ".

Clay frowned , that had not been part of the original speech .

Will rolled his eyes .

" How can you look like an angel and be as foul as the devil ? Take her to the observation room".

Jade yawned , bored .

Clay waited outside the observation room for them .

She had left the Monet inside Will's fridge , he would find it later .

She could hear Will ask her some questions and then see the light from one of the machines .

Will finally opened the door , her sister was sitting on the observation chair .

She was smiling but Clay could see just how exhausted she was .

" Take her to a hospital first thing tomorrow ".

" What ? ", Clay asked .

Will turned to her , his old face tired and full of worry lines .

" Clay , if you don't want to lose that foul mouthed child , take her to a hospital tomorrow morning ".

Clay's heartbeat slowed , everything around her slowed too .

And in this slowed down version of the world , all she could see was her sister's face as she smiled .

A smile that did very little to hide her pain .

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