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.

pretty. Frank was always handsy when he was drunk, whether it be abusive or

yanked me closer to him and I nearly gagged at

fear. He

grimaced at the disgusting smell

wrist, and I gritted my teeth

bringing my knee up

could hear his drunken yelling

tears that had sprung up in

was successfully locked, I flopped down on my bed and

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

lost hope that Melissa would treat me like her own daughter

not daring to move until I heard the front

then I pulled myself off the bed and trudged into the shower. The steaming water hid the tears as they fell

the house, and always needed to be on guard around him. That fact alone

feeling completely exhausted, and

around much too quickly. After a few hours of restless sleep, I woke up and changed for

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

my porcelain skin 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 about cologne at the restaurant had me confused, but I

twins’ hair were tousled and had that messy look that other guys struggled to achieve. Kade wore a dark blue button down shirt, while Alec had on a simple

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

seemed to be more serious than Alec and sometimes scarier, so I plopped down in the seat

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

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

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

didn’t answer Alec’s fingers danced over my shoulder and tickled my collar bone. I

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