"I'm going to get back the money I lost and double it. Trust me. We might even be able to move into a bigger home with a better kitchen for you. Everything I promised you when we got married and not this life we have now," her father promised her mother like always but this promise wouldn't last long.
Helen kept her thoughts to herself watching her parents hug each other and talk about what they wanted in the future. Why was their nine-year-old daughter the most sensible one in this home? Her mother should speak up and tell her husband how she felt about his gambling. He'll spend the money he makes tomorrow on gambling again.
Helen had heard the man who came to collect the money speak of all the things her father had owed him for. The money they borrowed wasn't used on the house but to indulge her father in his gambling habit which started off good until he suddenly lost more money than he had one day.
