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. Frank was always handsy when he

his alcohol tinged breath invading my sensitive nose. He yanked me

felt cold with fear. He was

at the disgusting smell of stale beer and body

tightening around my wrist, and I gritted my teeth against the

I screeched, bringing my knee up

a hiss of pain as his hand dropped my wrist. I could hear his drunken yelling as I ran to my bedroom and slammed the

with the lock through the tears that had sprung up

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

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

that Melissa would treat me like her own daughter and

not daring to move until I

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

always needed to be on guard around him. That fact alone was tiring

out of the shower feeling completely exhausted, and

quickly. After a few hours of restless sleep, I

I had recently bought, a

my porcelain skin

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 about cologne at the restaurant

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 blue button down

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

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

Kade, as if he had won some bet. I kept my eyes averted from

our group project?” Alec teased,

ignored him. Of course I finished the project. I couldn’t let the troublesome twins

shoulder and tickled my collar bone. I sucked in a sharp breath

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