body slowly healing while my mind replayed e

nsion. I didn't want anything from him except what was righ

age. A porcelain vase shattere

your face here?" he bellowed

y feet. They scattered across the fl

he warehouse, my back a bloody mess, my face con

sent them t

through the mud! These are all over the internet! They think m

on his arm. "Dad, don't be so angry. Abby is young. Maybe sh

ying to destroy my reputation, to ruin me completely, all to ave

in shock, una

door. "I'm going to beat you to death, you disgrac

ct imitation of a concerned daughter. "Don't hurt her

straight, my back screaming in prot

t and dead. "I was tied up and whipped.

me! You look perfectly fine. You're just m

should have never had you. You ar

y father, for any shred of fam

ion. "I don't care anymore. Just give me

t's... it's slated for demolition.

could see it in

me toward the door. "Get out o

y face. "Miss Abby, please

wasn't going to give me the hous

ee it one

small house where I had spent the first ten ye

nt on the front door was peeling. It looked

wracking my body. I had failed my mother. I co

ook what the c

tanding there, a smug, tri

ed your dad for this house, and he gave it to her. He said it's goi

ed through me. I scrambled t

perfect hair and slapped

tard child!" I screamed. "This is my mo

. "It's in your father's name now! And he loves my moth

" I shrieked. "Yo

ell for it completely. No one will ever believe you, Abby. You'

le turning manic. "Actually,

and smashed it against the wooden door. The red wine l

pulled out

ist, she tossed it ont

erupted i

ror, as the fire licked up t

d, a sound of p

anged. "Goodbye, Abby. Say hello

pression changed in an instant. The manic grin vanished,

ard the car

t. "Conrad, help me! Abby's gone crazy! She hit me, she threaten