weeks

with my heart in my throat. Who could that be by this time? I craned my

pt stop when I noticed Elliot stumbling his way into the pentho

him. He spun on his heels, squinting throug

Are you slow or just stupid?" He shoved me off and I

n my bum a l

y at my sides. "I j

ad as he fumbled his way towards his room. I walked tentatively behind him, looking out f

. Maybe I held out a little hope, gave him the benefit of doubt. But it was two wee

ot wanted. Get it through your thick skull. Hell, you don't even have to be here but...here you

'You're not wanted.' The words swirled in my mind like a mantra. Oh, how right he wa

fingers gripping the edge of the

hing about me that ma

y eyes, or the paper-pale skin that no blush coul

ike I was about

o? To

oked

y hated me. I

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ing wide open all through the night. My cheeks were puffy from crying. Yes, I'd succum

where I had a friend. Then, I was in middle school and her name was Theresa. She was the only friend I had while everyo

isability. If she wasn't disabled, would she have been my friend? I didn't have the answer to tha

never truly experienced? My eyes prickled but there were no more tears left to cry. I swallowed th

bathroom, dressed up and moved to the kitchen. I was

e, instead I moved past him and into the kitchen then

the kitchen. "Oh great." He stood to his feet

there with his shaggy black curls combed to perfection and dressed in a crisp charcoal coloured suit. He woul

d my grip on the glass tightened. Fear coiled in my chest as I waited for hi

to remember my name. And I didn'

ushed back and I let out a breath I didn't know I was holdi

t. I'd prefer it if you

in. "Wh

d. "Book a hotel and get out of my hair. Thi

nted to spend it on a hotel or unnecessary

hat, wouldn't you? Maybe you'd even want to join for more dollar bills," he mocked wi

dly. "Elliot, yo

is lips like a curse, and his face heated with rag

that ricocheted off the walls, and made me jump. The door

n who was she? And why di