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 me weren’t pretty.

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

entire body felt cold with fear. He

the disgusting smell

grip was tightening around my wrist, and I gritted

get off!” I screeched, bringing my knee

could hear

fumbled with the lock through the tears that

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

but it would all be worth it

the years, I had quickly lost hope that Melissa would treat me like her own daughter and instead looked forward to escaping the

not daring to move until I

shower. The steaming water hid the tears as they fell from my

on guard around him. That fact alone was tiring and put me in a perpetual state

out of the shower feeling completely exhausted,

few hours of restless sleep, I

I had recently bought, a pair of skinny jeans and

down at the handprint bruise left on my porcelain

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 let it flit from my mind shortly after

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

Alec sat across from Kade. I grimaced to myself, realizing

be more serious than Alec and sometimes scarier, so I plopped down in

smirked at Kade, 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

little doll finish our group project?” Alec

lips shut and ignored him. Of course I finished the

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

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