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.”

a serious commitment,”

“Yeah, but…”

proving Joyce wrong, that he did not look at me again for a long moment. When he

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

shift away from him, but he simply moved his hand right along with me, keeping it affixed to

dress. Though my dress was the very

to die for.” He speared a piece of the meat and held his

It had even garnered the attention of several nearby candidates and the cameras. The candidates gave me pitying looks. The cameramen

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

my stomach, ignoring the way disgust swirled within it, violent

leaned forward, closed my eyes, and accepted the bite of

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

glass

eyes shot opened.

clutched his water glass so tightly it

by the display and made no attempts to hide it. “You should go clean

but, after casting a glance at Julian, who nodded in return, Nicholas excused himself from

replaced the broken cup

He leaned in and whispered,

a hand on my upper

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.

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