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

me closer to him and I nearly gagged at the

cold with fear. He was much too

grimaced at the disgusting smell

around my wrist, and I gritted my teeth

screeched, bringing my knee up in between his stubby

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

the lock through the tears that had

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

were harder than others, but it would all be worth it

like her own daughter and instead looked forward to escaping the moment I

on the bed for hours, not daring to move

into the shower. The steaming water hid the tears

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

shower feeling completely exhausted, and fell

around much too quickly. After a few hours of restless sleep, I woke up and changed for

put on one of the outfits I had recently bought, a pair of skinny jeans and an off-shoulder long sleeve

left on my porcelain skin and yanked my sleeve

my 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

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 shirt, while Alec

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

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

had won some bet. I kept my eyes averted from the sinfully attractive twins

little doll finish our group project?” Alec teased,

through my body and Alec snickered. I clamped my lips shut and ignored him. Of course I

over my shoulder and tickled my collar bone. I

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