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

tinged breath invading my sensitive nose. He yanked me closer

with fear.

smell

around my wrist, and I gritted my

get off!” I screeched, bringing my knee up in between his stubby

his hand dropped my wrist. I could hear his drunken yelling as I ran

the tears that had sprung

I flopped down on my

it would all

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

not daring to move until I heard the front door open and

bed and trudged into the shower. The steaming water hid the tears as they fell from my eyes, and I gave

needed to be on guard around him. That fact alone was tiring and put me in a perpetual

shower feeling completely exhausted, and fell

much too quickly. After a few hours of restless sleep,

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

left on my porcelain skin and yanked my sleeve

my first and second class of the day was with Tori. We sat and talked while working on our assignments. My next class was the one I was worried about. Kade’s comment

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

only this time Alec sat across from Kade. I grimaced to myself, realizing

to be more serious than Alec and sometimes scarier, so I plopped

won some bet. I kept my eyes averted from the sinfully attractive twins

our group project?” Alec

snickered. I clamped my lips shut and ignored him. Of

collar bone. I sucked in a sharp breath at the tingles that

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