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 me weren’t pretty. Frank was always handsy when he was drunk, whether it

tinged breath invading my sensitive nose. He yanked me closer to

fear.

at the disgusting smell

tightening around my wrist, and

bringing my knee

of pain as his hand dropped my wrist. I could hear his drunken yelling as I ran to my bedroom and slammed the door behind

fumbled with the lock through the tears

I flopped down on my bed and let a few tears trail

days were harder than others, but it would all be

would treat me like her own

not daring to move until I heard the front door

shower. The steaming water hid the tears as they

was always extremely aware of Frank’s movements in the house, and always needed to be on guard around him. That fact alone was tiring and put me in a

the shower feeling completely exhausted, and fell

few hours of restless sleep,

the outfits I had recently bought, a pair of skinny

my porcelain

next class was the one I was worried about.

equally irresistible. Both of the twins’ hair were tousled and had that messy look that other guys struggled

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

Alec and sometimes scarier,

eyes averted from the sinfully attractive twins and pretended to be interested in what the

doll finish our group project?” Alec teased, his hot breath curling around my

wracked through my body and Alec snickered. I clamped my lips shut and ignored him. Of course I finished the project. I couldn’t let the troublesome twins ruin my

shoulder and tickled my collar bone. I sucked in a sharp breath at the

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