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 drunk, whether it be abusive or

sensitive nose. He yanked me closer to him and

felt cold with fear. He was much

grimaced at the disgusting smell

wrist, and I gritted

I screeched, bringing my knee

hear his drunken yelling as I ran to my bedroom and slammed the door

lock through the tears that had

door was successfully locked, I flopped down on my bed and

but it would all be worth

had quickly lost hope that Melissa would treat me like her own daughter and instead looked forward to escaping the moment I turned

hours, not daring to move until I heard the front door open and Melissa come

steaming water hid the tears as they

to be on guard around him. That fact alone was tiring

of the shower feeling completely exhausted, and fell into

too quickly. After a few hours

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

on my porcelain skin and yanked

worried about. Kade’s comment about cologne at the restaurant had me confused, but

that messy look that other guys struggled

and Alec sat at our normal table, only this time Alec sat across from Kade. I grimaced to myself, realizing I’d

sometimes

smirked at Kade, as 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 was

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

my lips shut and ignored him. Of course I

Alec’s fingers danced over my shoulder and tickled my collar bone. I sucked in a sharp

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