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…”

focused on proving Joyce wrong, that he did not look at me again for a long moment. When he did, it was only for a second, before returning his gaze to Joyce, as he brought up yet another point of

was rubbing his hand on my thigh, back and

moved his hand right along with me, keeping it affixed to

hand between my thighs, undoubtedly wrinkling my dress. Though my dress was the very last of my worries at the moment, because ever so slowly,

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

of several

it was akin to accepting his advances. If I rejected, it would be like a slap in the face. I might as well show myself out now for how much standing I would lose, being rude

way disgust

my eyes, and accepted the bite of meat from Terry’s fork.

good girl,” Terry said, and I wanted to spit the

a glass

shot

so tightly it shattered. Blood dripped

delighted by the display and made no attempts

glance at Julian, who

glass shards and replaced the broken cup

leaned in and

placed a hand on my upper knee.

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

with nowhere to go. No one was

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