artment were her "friends," there to "talk" to me about the "misunderstanding." My callin

eek, and stared at them. At the sociopath who de

ife, and you call it a prank? You kill my dog, and it's prac

d you? You let her. You stand t

ne. He sighed, running a hand through his perfectly styled hair. "Ala

t every second of it. I wanted to teach

son for what? For existing? For

ading. "Cooper, tell me you don't beli

dn't have gone to the police. Now Kenya's name is involved. I've already posted a clarification online. Jus

e wanted me

n't break any further, splinter

inting a trembling finger at mys

care. He grabbed my arm, his grip tight. "Le

planting m

t would be a shame if some nasty rumors about him started circulating. Maybe something about an i

nd potent. They would ruin an inno

wn on it, hard, tasting b

he word tasting l

s, I would be gone. I would take my baby and

had fed me. It was all a misunderstanding. A

laimed the man in the video wasn't him. He threw me under the bus, p

sked, my v

s eyes off the road. "It protects both of us. Just

d to shield me from the world was now the one pushing me into

't cry. I didn't argue. I packed a small bag in secret, hiding it i

e I had to work an event at

re." He handed me a costume. It was a ridiculous, fluffy b

face," he said, as if it wer

vements stiff and robotic. He was playing with me, and I wa

ot, suffocating costume, I slipped awa

o see you in the

e end of a long hallway. He opened the

nya. She was lounging on a velvet

backed away. "

g," she said, h

room from behind, and the door cli

s. They surrounded me, pushing me toward the

"Still trying to hook up with my br

h hot against my ear. "I know

od ran

y of carrying a Snow? Of tying