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

me

body felt cold with fear.

at the disgusting smell

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

off!” I screeched, bringing my knee up in

let out 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

the lock through the tears that had sprung up in my

my bed and let a

but it would all be worth it when I

treat me like her own daughter and instead looked

daring to move until I heard

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

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

the shower feeling completely exhausted,

too quickly. After a few hours of restless

of the outfits I had recently bought, a

left on my porcelain skin and yanked my

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

sat across from Kade. I grimaced to myself, realizing I’d have to sit next to one of

sometimes scarier, so I plopped down in

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

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

clamped my lips shut and ignored him. Of course I finished the

collar bone. I sucked in a sharp breath at the tingles that bubbled against my skin

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