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. Frank was always

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

fear. He was much

the disgusting smell of stale beer and

was tightening around my wrist, and I gritted

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

pain as his hand dropped my wrist. I could hear

through the tears that had sprung up in my

my bed and let a few tears trail down

than others, but it would all

I had quickly lost hope that Melissa would treat me like her own daughter and instead looked forward

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

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

movements in the house, and always needed to be on guard

feeling completely exhausted,

much too quickly. After a few hours

had recently bought, a pair of skinny

on my

was worried about. Kade’s comment about cologne at the restaurant had me confused, but I let it flit

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 Alec had on a

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

and sometimes scarier, so I plopped down

I kept my eyes averted from the sinfully attractive

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

lips shut and ignored him. Of course I finished the project.

Alec’s fingers danced over my shoulder and tickled my collar bone. I sucked in a sharp breath at the tingles that bubbled against my skin under his

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