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.

pretty. Frank was always handsy when he was

He yanked me closer to him and I nearly gagged at the sight of his

entire body felt cold with fear.

disgusting smell of stale beer

was tightening around my wrist, and I gritted my teeth

said get off!” I screeched, bringing my knee up

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

through the tears that had

was successfully locked, I flopped down on my bed

but it would all

the years, I had quickly lost hope that Melissa would treat me like her own daughter and

on the bed for hours, not daring to move until I heard the front

hid the tears as

on guard around

the shower feeling completely exhausted,

After a few hours of restless sleep, I

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

bruise left on my porcelain skin and yanked my

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

twins’ hair were tousled and had that messy look that other guys

table, only this time Alec sat across from Kade. I grimaced to myself,

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

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

group project?” Alec teased, his hot breath

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

I sucked in a sharp breath at the tingles

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