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.

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

w***e.” He spat, his alcohol tinged breath invading my sensitive nose. He yanked me

with fear. He was much

the disgusting smell of stale beer

and I gritted my teeth against

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

could hear his drunken yelling as I ran to

fumbled with the lock through the tears that had sprung up in

the door was successfully locked, I flopped down on my bed and let a few

would all be worth

would treat me like her own daughter and instead looked

not daring to move until I heard the front door

steaming water hid the tears as they fell

the house, and always needed to be on guard around him. That fact

shower feeling completely

After a few hours of restless sleep, I woke up and

of the outfits I had recently bought, a pair of skinny

my

of the day was with Tori. We sat 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, but I let it flit from my mind shortly after it had happened. Apparently the two of them

and Alec both looked equally irresistible. Both of the twins’ hair were tousled and had that messy look that other guys struggled to achieve. Kade wore a dark blue button down shirt, while

time Alec sat across from Kade. I grimaced to myself, realizing I’d have to

serious than Alec and sometimes scarier, so I plopped down

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

project?” Alec teased, his hot breath curling around

and ignored him. Of course I

bone. I sucked in a sharp breath at the tingles that bubbled against my skin under his

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