I grind my teeth, my nose stinging, and my eyes welling. I’m vibrating with fury, but I don’t argue, and I don’t lash out. If I do, I know I’ll be out on my ass.
I don’t answer her, though, grabbing my plate and storming out of the room.
I hear her mutter something to my stepbrother about me being a spoiled brat.
That stings. I’m not perfect, not by any means, but I’m not as big a disappointment as she makes me out to be.
Am I?
Chapter 3
Addison
“Yes!” I squeal, jumping to my feet. “Fuck yes. Die, motherfucker, die!”
I watch as the car I just bombed burns, earning me yet another win. It wasn’t an easy kill. I almost died three times, but thankfully, I had enough health pills saved up in my inventory to keep me going. I gave it everything I had, but I won, leveling me up, yet again.
It’s crazy how fast I’ve climbed the ranks in this game after doing this for only a week.
The Streampunk chat starts flooding with comments. Most of them tell me how sick of a kill it was, the rest telling me to show them my tits.
I ignore them. For the most part, they’re harmless comments. I recruited a few moderators to man my chats, and they’ve been great about it. If anyone gets to be too much, they’re kicked out.
I’ve lost a few subscribers this way, but honestly, it’s worth losing some rather than having people harass me.
Sitting back down, I smile up at the camera. “Thanks for joining me tonight, everyone. I have a crazy busy day tomorrow, so I’m going to call it a night. But I’ll be back Sunday night, though! So don’t miss me too hard.” I wink at the camera before turning it off.
I’m about to log off when I see that someone left me a tip. Not just a tip, but a whole fucking paycheck.
“What the hell?” I whisper in shock as I read the name.
RoyalGod78 left a $2000 dollar tip.
“Two fucking grand?” I choke out. “Why the fuck would they do that?”
I click on the profile name. It says his account was only made a week ago. And I’m the only person he seems to be subscribed to.
Do I have myself some kind of super fan or something?
Woah.
What should I do? Act like I didn’t see it? Normally, I don’t reach out or accept messages from anyone, but this is a lot of money. I should thank them, right?
Chewing my lower lip, I debate it. “Fuck it,” I mutter and click the message icon.
PastelPrincess: I just wanted to thank you so much for the tip. Your support means a lot. Thank you for watching.
I hit send. Nothing too personal. Nothing that would cause them to engage, right?
Only, they do. Almost immediately, they message back.
RoyalGod78: No need to thank me. I enjoy supporting streamers who have talent. Keep up the content PastelPrincess. I’ll be watching.
I’m not sure how I should feel about that.He’ll be watching?Of course he will be, I’m streaming for fuck’s sake. Still.
I log off and decide not to think about it. Shutting down my computer, I place my headset on its stand and sigh.
I want to log ontoTwisted Valleyand see if the guys are online. But if I do that, and they are, I know I’ll spend the next few hours playing. It’s already two in the morning.
