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.

me weren’t pretty. Frank was always handsy when he was drunk, whether it

sensitive nose. He yanked me closer

cold with fear. He was much too close

disgusting smell of stale beer and body

grip was tightening around my wrist, and I gritted

get off!” I screeched, bringing my knee up in between his stubby

let out a hiss of pain as his hand dropped my wrist. I could hear

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

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

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

move until I heard the front

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

extremely aware of Frank’s movements in the house, and always needed to be on guard around

of the shower feeling completely exhausted, and fell

hours of restless sleep, I woke up and changed

one of the outfits I had recently bought, a pair

the handprint bruise left on my porcelain skin and yanked my sleeve down

class was the one I was worried about. Kade’s comment about cologne at

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

time Alec sat across from

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

I kept my eyes averted from the sinfully attractive twins and pretended to be interested in what

doll finish our group project?” Alec

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

I sucked in

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