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.

me weren’t pretty. Frank was always handsy when

nose. He yanked me closer to him

fear. He was much

grimaced at the disgusting smell of stale beer

tightening around my wrist, and I gritted my teeth against

get off!” I screeched, bringing my knee up in between his

pain as his hand dropped my wrist. I could hear his drunken yelling as I ran to my bedroom and slammed the door

the tears that had

door was successfully locked, I flopped down on my

harder than others, but it would all be

Melissa would treat me like her own daughter and instead looked forward to escaping the moment I turned

to move until I heard the front door open

myself off the bed and trudged into the shower. The steaming water hid

be on guard around him. That fact alone was tiring and put

feeling completely exhausted, and

morning came around much too quickly. After a few hours of restless sleep, I woke up

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

handprint bruise left on my porcelain skin and yanked my

and talked while working on our assignments. My next class was the one I was worried about. Kade’s comment about cologne at the restaurant had me confused,

other guys struggled to achieve. Kade wore a dark blue

across from Kade.

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

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

finish our group project?” Alec teased, his hot breath

Alec snickered. I clamped my lips shut and ignored him. Of course I finished

Alec’s fingers danced over my shoulder and tickled my collar bone. I

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