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 get this close to me weren’t pretty.

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

entire body felt cold with fear. He was much too close for

smell

and I gritted my teeth

bringing my knee up

out a hiss of pain as his hand dropped my wrist. I could hear his drunken yelling as I

through the tears that had

my bed

than others, but it would all be worth it when I left

quickly lost hope that Melissa would treat me like her own

move until I heard the front door open and Melissa

hid the tears as they fell

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

feeling completely exhausted, and fell into

a few hours of restless sleep, I woke

put on one of the outfits I had recently bought,

bruise left on my porcelain skin and yanked my sleeve down over

on our assignments. My next class was the one I was worried about. Kade’s comment about cologne at the

that messy look that other guys struggled to achieve. Kade wore a dark blue button down shirt, while Alec had on a simple black

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

Alec and sometimes

won some bet. I kept my eyes averted from the sinfully attractive twins and pretended to be interested in what

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

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

fingers danced over my shoulder and tickled my collar bone. I sucked in a sharp breath at the tingles that bubbled against

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