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.

he had managed to get this close to me weren’t pretty.

w***e.” He spat, his alcohol tinged breath invading my sensitive nose. He yanked me closer to him and I nearly gagged

felt cold with fear. He was much too

the disgusting smell of stale beer and body

and

said get off!” I screeched, bringing my knee

wrist. I could hear

fumbled with the lock through the tears that had sprung up

on my bed and let a few tears trail down my

than others, but it would all be worth it when I left

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

daring to move until I heard the front

hid the tears as they fell from my eyes, and I gave up and let them run

movements in the house, and always needed to be on guard around him. That fact alone was

the shower feeling completely exhausted, and

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

outfits I had recently bought, a

the handprint bruise left on my porcelain skin and yanked

class was the one I was worried about. Kade’s comment about cologne at

equally irresistible. Both of the twins’ hair were tousled and had that messy look that other guys struggled to achieve. Kade wore a

Alec sat at our normal table, only this time Alec sat across from Kade. I

be more serious than Alec and sometimes scarier, so I plopped down in the

if he had won some bet. I kept my eyes averted from the sinfully attractive twins and pretended to be interested in what the teacher

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

lips shut and ignored him. Of course I finished the project. I couldn’t let the troublesome twins ruin

I sucked in a sharp breath at the tingles that bubbled

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