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.”

new dog is a serious commitment,” Joyce

“Yeah, but…”

When he did, it was only for a second, before returning his gaze

was rubbing his hand on my thigh, back and forth. His fingers were

hand right along

my dress. Though my dress was

a piece of the meat and held his

had even garnered the attention of

a slap in the face. I might as well show

stomach, ignoring the way disgust swirled

closed my eyes, and accepted the bite

and I wanted to spit the food in his face.

a glass

eyes shot opened.

his water glass so tightly it shattered. Blood dripped down from his fist.

the display and made no attempts to hide it. “You should go clean yourself up before you stain

at Julian, who

cleared away the glass shards and replaced the broken cup

me. He leaned in and whispered, “Now

hand on my upper knee.

him away by his wrist, but that only made him grab me tighter. His

animal with nowhere to go. No one was coming for the

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