n Brid
t the interior wall and bounced back with a lo
ed animals. Dalvin fumbled to pull down his rucked-up custom jersey,
gym towel off the bench to cover her chest bef
led clothes. No tears came to my eyes, and no screams t
explain. This isn't
a hesitant step toward
without backing down an inch,
is it, Dalvin? Are you tutoring her on h
went pale. He gritted his teeth,
erything, there's no po
ed, washed-out cotton T-shirt, his voic
every single day. If I stay with you, I'll be stuck rot
my youth into supporting, and my stomach churn
ns, capital, and a ticket into high society. A broke nob
r, acting as if selling himse
inside the locker room, locking my
to buy your designer clothes was just me being a s
s and instinctively took a step back,
y, wrapped the towel tighter aroun
. Bottom-feeders like her are too stupid
na, the corner of my mouth c
to pick up a piece of leftover garbage who goes
She shrieked and swung her
eggar, how dare you
up and clamped around her thin wrist like an iro
You're hu
, her carefully made-up
lost your mind? Let
and grabbed my shoul
e of strength, he shoved me
the floor, my right elbow slamming against the sharp iron edge of the locke
ulled Delina into his arms, cradling her reddened wris
baby? Did she
ed the room while I sat b
ht. Cold sweat beaded on my forehead and trickled down my temple, but
you make
word ringing clear in
houlder and glared down
c, clingy poverty is what's si
u got tha
pulled myself to my feet, and brushed the dirt
etely dead and empty of the aff
etter pray that whatever you bought by sellin
a backward glance and walked towa
t ached like it had been hollowed out, but I would rat
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