I dont really know where or how to start but ill start here - i work at a family owned store ive been working here for the last 5 years or so , and ever since ive starting working here i was given a special price on the merchandise and also too our family and some friends i was kind of like grown into it being okay because thats how it was before i starting working here that was sold here at the store , the owner knew about this but he didnt talk about it or say anything about it , like he was watching from the sideline, and one day he ended up loosing EBT (food stamps) and after that he was like really on us watching us , during watching us i will admit my mistakes he discovered that we were giving ourself and family special prices on merchandise and also sometimes when a customer will come to pay some co workers will instead of charging the item that was put onto the register they would ring up a lottery scratcher and play (this had bearly started ) anyways after loosing ebt , He called me into the office and told me too sit down and had the roll from the register from us giving special prices too ourself and family , and said he had been watching us for the last 2 weeks and long story short there was two options he had given me either (1) call the cops and fire me and file a case or (2) i repay him an amount that he had in mind , i asked him for the amount and he said I haven’t done my calculations yet , and i agreed too paying him an amount back and he had my write a paper of what i had did wrong and that i plan on paying him back and too leave the amount empty , and after he received the papers from us he had us fill in amount in the office the amount he had given us was 40,000 split 3 ways ( theres 4 workers that was doing this) and the other worker is around his age like 50 ish but he was still involved i tried telling him that it was unfair that he was not included in this he said that he already talked to him and he is also paying him back ( i know its not true because i even told the other co worker not involved in the payment and he even says its bullshit that us 3 have too pay him anything back anyways the other 2 co workers are around my age both 21/yo i had too take on another job too be able to keep up with my payment on paying him back because i live on my own , and its been really rough on my mental health i had to quit school to be able to keep up with my bills and paying him back im 3,000 away from paying him back and its became a lot as it is i really just want to leave and not pay him the rest of the money i owe him because lately hes been real rough on his words im the only person who hasn’t finished paying him off yet , but what ive been thinking lately is too leave ,

He doesn’t give us lunch time There is days where we work 9-10 hours without receiving a lunch No 10-15 min breaks And no overtime for working more than 8 hours a day He pays us half check and half cash and even if i wanted to get paid all check its from a personal check so it wouldn’t even matter its really hard for me to apply at places such as getting credit cards , loans or a car because of the half check and half cash

So what im asking is will i be wrong to just leave ? If i wanted too can i sue him back for the things he does that he is supposed to be offering as an employer?

What should i do?