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