ss and sheets already laid out on the bed. He hugged

elf smiling too, though the slight tremo

stroking my hair with

ooks go

is bad boy, who supposedly had no intere

r, bright eyes, feeli

lf-washed. With a cigarette in his mouth, he

un-kissed skin submerged in water, and he

in this moment, fel

ell in love with me?" I tried to shake off the

ove needed a reason, there'd be

ced his wallet i

ly wanted a cigarette but resiste

t you to be so

t me and la

ney, and I love my

h other like

ool hands on my waist, making me shiver and snug

there f

ka

chest, avoiding his gaze

d down the shoulder strap of my bra, lifting me on

wardly, we explo

y creaked in the wind, acc

a deep sleep, but my cravin

t down, lit a cigarette, and watched h

pulled me bac

a middle-aged woman peaceful

eling in front of a mirror, hair disheveled and sticking

coughing from the smoke, a fa

ave no room to refuse. Th

ent girl for two days, I almost believ

ked around the shabby room and Larry's sleep

lderly woman in tattered clothes rummaging thr

d said, "Such a pretty youn

aying a word, but

grandson. You seem to be from a we

squeamish, I'm a

ut an old woman like me? I envy you, wit

, having someone to care for, a cle

ny, and I clutched the medicine tightly. My youth had di

to leave, the old la

autiful. Things will

I have a knack fo

ding the apple she gave me, my

you." I

phone from my attending

now, you might extend y

ed my

till want to li

ould be dangerous. Wh

e in, and my adoptive father, Anthony Russell, with his unpredictable temper, would beat o

bar, and in a hotel room, several men...I cried and scr

e tightly. I felt soulless, trapped in a d

d him struggle without helping, only call

s, a group of young guys in thei

liked innocent-looking girls like you

my craving for a cigarette was triggered, but I smil

t, Larry handed

stall, and my appearance

ke. There's no ne

d skillfully placed it betwe

en quickly said, "Damn, you should have said so earlier.

. He seemed to know something, and

I smelled the

me, you can

ked, "Do you know what

d