a Hay
ed into hot oil, shattering the fragile cal
have any mon
between us until my back was pressed against t
like a physical touch, pinning
ocating, but I tilted my chin up, refusi
skin as he gently tucked a stray strand of h
d, his voice a low pro
away, walking toward the bar an
ring to question it, I fumbled with the lock, pulled the door
come shock to my overheated mind. I hailed a cab, giving the dr
dragged my exhausted body toward the house that looked pristine on the outside b
hoed from the living room. "Where the hell did that little bitch run off to?
al spineless tone. "Honey, don't be angry
a silk robe while my father massaged her shoulders. My half-siste
nting at my nose. "You finally decided to come back? Do you have any
ng nothing. My silence only
tepped her easily, my gaze shifting to my f
mine. "What do you mean, sold... It's for the
ting in my gut. I clenched my fists, forc
He was in his pajamas, clearly having made himself at home
Where did you go? I wa
and, but I recoiled a
ice. "Donnie, you gave Warren Sto
rossed his eyes before he masked it with a look of hurt. "Honey, w
smelled the same cheap cologne he wore in War
mth in my heart turning to ash. "My dear father, my dear stepmother, and
ed you, and this is how you repay us? What's wr
reath on them. I turned and walked toward
are anymore. I needed to see my mother. She
medicine hit me immediately. The room was small and sparsely
ned her eyes weakly at the sound. "Emi, you
the nightstand, and a dark bruise on the back of h
?" I asked, my
ng to defend her. "No, it was
e. She must have come in here to gloat
ren't just trying to sell me; they wer
l make them pay for every ou
s turning cold and hard as I
to play dirty,
t, this family name-I didn
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