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.

get this close to me weren’t pretty. Frank was always handsy when he was drunk, whether it be abusive or

breath invading my sensitive nose. He yanked me closer to him and

felt cold with fear. He was much too close for

disgusting smell of stale

was tightening around my wrist, and I

get off!” I screeched, bringing my knee up

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

fumbled with the lock through the tears that had sprung up in my

was successfully locked, I flopped down on my bed and let a few tears trail down

days were harder than others, but it would all be worth it

Melissa would treat me like her own daughter and instead looked

hours, not daring to move until I heard the front door

the bed and trudged into the shower. The steaming water hid the tears as they fell from

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 perpetual state

out of the shower feeling

came around much too quickly. After a few hours of restless sleep, I woke

had recently bought, a pair of skinny jeans and an off-shoulder long sleeve

bruise left on my porcelain skin

worried about. Kade’s comment about

and Alec 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

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

than Alec and sometimes scarier, so I plopped down

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

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

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

collar bone. I sucked

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