I clocked out of work after making quite a bit of money from tips alone. It would definitely help replenish some of the money I had spent on clothes and necessities.

While I was happy to be free from work, going home was another situation entirely.

When Tori dropped me off, Melissa was still at work for another hour. That left me alone with Frank.

I knew he was completely s**t-faced the second I walked through the front door.

He sat in the recliner watching some fuzzy football match on the TV. His face contorted in anger and I sighed.

“Where the f**k have you been?” He spat, struggling to lift himself off the recliner.

I tried not to roll my eyes, knowing it only pissed him off more.

“Working, Frank.” I repeated myself for the hundredth time.

I turned to walk up the stairs and escape his drunken tirade when something he said had me turning back around.

“Working?” He scoffed, wobbling as he stood from the recliner. “You were out whoring around like your f*****g mother.”

This time I did roll my eyes. If he wasn’t drunk all of the time he’d remember that Melissa made me pay for everything myself. I didn’t have time to ‘w***e around’ when I was busy supporting myself and going to high school.

“Melissa isn’t my mother.” I snapped, turning to walk up the stairs.

His hand wrapped around my wrist and yanked me backwards.

While I didn’t fall, I did stumble back a few steps.

“Get off of me, Frank.” I mumbled, my body tensing in fear.

managed to get this close to me weren’t pretty. Frank was always handsy

my sensitive nose. He yanked me closer to him and I nearly gagged at the sight of

cold with fear.

smell

around my wrist, and I gritted

screeched, bringing my

pain as his hand dropped my wrist. I could hear his drunken yelling as

fumbled with the lock through the tears that had sprung

I flopped down on my bed and let a few tears trail

it would all be worth

that Melissa would treat me like her

hours, not daring to move until

then I pulled myself off the bed and trudged into the shower. The steaming water hid the tears as they fell from my eyes, and I gave

aware of Frank’s movements in the house, and always needed to be on guard around him. That fact alone was

hopped out of the shower feeling

After a few hours

I had recently bought, a pair of skinny jeans and an

at the handprint bruise left on my porcelain

worried about. Kade’s comment about cologne at

and Alec both looked equally irresistible. Both of the twins’ hair were tousled and had that messy look that other guys struggled

at our normal table, only this time Alec sat across from Kade. I grimaced to myself, realizing I’d have to sit next

seemed to be more serious than Alec and sometimes scarier, so I plopped down

had won some bet. I kept my eyes averted from the sinfully attractive twins and pretended to be

project?” Alec teased, his hot breath curling around

shudder wracked through my body and Alec snickered. I clamped my lips shut and ignored him. Of course I finished the project. I

didn’t answer Alec’s fingers danced over my shoulder and tickled my collar bone. I sucked

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