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.

this close to me weren’t pretty.

me closer to him and I nearly gagged

fear. He was

grimaced at the disgusting smell of stale beer and

my wrist, and I gritted my teeth

my

hear

with the lock through the tears that had sprung

door was successfully locked, I flopped down on my bed

would all be worth it when I left

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

hours, not daring to move until

The steaming water hid the tears as they fell from my eyes, and I gave up and let them

the house, and always needed to be on guard around him. That fact alone was tiring and put me in

the shower feeling completely exhausted,

too quickly. After a few hours

recently bought, a pair of skinny

down at the handprint bruise left on my porcelain

worried about.

hair were tousled and had that messy look that other guys struggled to achieve. Kade wore a

our normal table, only this time Alec sat across from Kade. I

Alec and sometimes scarier, so I plopped down in the seat

eyes averted from the sinfully attractive twins and pretended

little doll finish our group project?” Alec

clamped my lips shut and ignored him. Of course I finished the project. I couldn’t let the troublesome

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

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