Terry slowly trailed his hand up the length of my thigh. He stopped at the meatiest point, just beneath my hip and squeezed.

I wanted to bolt from the table. I wanted to elbow him in the ribs or kick at his shins.

All I could actually do was sit very still and try not to draw attention from the cameras or the guests, while simultaneously trying to only get Julian to notice.

However, every time Julian glanced at me, his attention was immediately claimed again by Joyce sitting beside me. It was strange to hear him talk so much, especially when the topics. seemed to be entirely superfluous.

“Did you watch that television show the other night?” Joyce asked.

“I don’t watch a lot of TV,” Julian replied.

“It was such a good episode.”

Julian nodded, and glanced back at me.

I widened my eyes.

“Did you hear what happened to Aunt Ruby?” Joyce said.

Julian’s eyes went to Joyce again. “No, what?”

“She bought another dog.”

Julian huffed a laugh. “Don’t word it like that, then, Joyce. You made it sound like it was something serious.”

is a serious commitment,” Joyce

“Yeah, but…”

long moment. When he did, it was only for a second, before returning his gaze to Joyce, as he

back and

moved his hand right along

my dress was the very

for.” He speared a piece of the meat

the attention of several

be like a slap in the face. I might as well show

clenched my stomach, ignoring the way disgust

eyes, and accepted the bite

Terry said, and I wanted to spit the food in his

a glass shattered.

shot

tightly it shattered. Blood dripped down from

made no attempts to hide it. “You should go clean yourself up

at Julian, who nodded in return, Nicholas

cleared away the glass shards and replaced the broken

me. He leaned in and whispered, “Now that we’re

on my upper knee.

pushing him away by his wrist, but that only made him grab me tighter. His fingers bit into my

nowhere to go. No one was

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