Page 78 of Your Pace or Mine
Reggie just rolled his eyes and asked Jamie to spell out the things that were bothering him. By the time they’d drained their tea, Jamie had a list of problems laid out in front of him.
Dance career finished
Will barely make rent this month
Huge charity fundraiser to pay off
No career plan
Lost love of life
Marathon in two days
Found a grey hair this morning
“OK, so I’m not counting number seven because I’m 90% sure it was just your imagination, and the marathon is not a problem, it’s an event you’ve trained dead hard for and you’re going to smash it,” Reggie said, “one and four are essentially the same issue. So we’ve only got three major things to figure out—this is doable, Jamie.”
Jamie didn’t really believe him, but that little light that had ignited told him to try. “OK, so how do we fix these then, Cap’n?”
“Rent’s the most immediate need, right? How much do you need to get through this month?”
“It’s £950,” Jamie replied. “But I’m only about two hundred quid short, really.”
Reggie whistled lowly. “For that dump?”
“I know, but I locked myself into the contract when I didn’t know any better. I’ve got at least three months left there,” Jamie replied glumly.
“OK, well, I can lend it to you, and probably cover the rest of the charity stuff, actually,” Reggie stated. Jamie went to reply, but was stopped. “No, listen, La, you’ve got to let people help you, I won’t take no for an answer, and you can just pay me back when you have it.”
Jamie nodded his acquiescence. “Are you sure, though, Reg? That’s a fair bit of money. I’ve got some in savings still, if I go see whether I can pull it out early, then I can probably make it work for this month… or I’ll ask if the centre can extend the fundraising deadline out a bit longer…”
