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.”

dog is a serious commitment,” Joyce said.

“Yeah, but…”

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

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

hand right along with me, keeping it affixed to my leg like he had glued

long, he had coaxed his hand between my thighs, undoubtedly wrinkling my dress. Though my dress was the very last of my worries at

He speared a piece of the meat and held his fork out for

his fork felt overly intimate. It had even garnered the attention of several

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

disgust swirled within it, violent and angry.

eyes, and accepted the bite of meat

and I wanted to spit the food in his

a glass shattered.

shot

so tightly it shattered. Blood dripped

and made no attempts to hide it.

glance at Julian, who nodded in

immediately cleared away the glass shards and replaced the broken cup with a fresh

in and whispered, “Now

on my

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

cornered animal with nowhere to go. No one was

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