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.

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

me closer to him and I nearly gagged

entire body felt cold with fear. He was much too close

disgusting smell of stale

and I gritted

bringing my knee

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

tears

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

but it would all be worth it when I left

Melissa would treat me like her own daughter and instead

the bed for hours, not daring to move until I heard the

water hid the tears as they fell from my eyes, and

be on guard around him. That fact

feeling completely exhausted,

quickly. After a few hours of restless sleep, I woke up

the outfits I had recently bought,

the handprint bruise left on my porcelain skin and

assignments. My next class was the one I was worried about. Kade’s comment about cologne at the restaurant had me confused, but I let it flit from my mind shortly after it had happened.

Alec both looked equally irresistible. Both of the twins’ hair were tousled and had that messy look that other guys struggled to

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

more serious than Alec and sometimes

eyes averted from the sinfully attractive twins and pretended to be interested in

little doll finish our group project?” Alec

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

danced over my shoulder and tickled my collar bone. I sucked in

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