"You ungrateful bitch. I keep a roof over your head, and this is the thanks I get?"
"You could have killed her," I retort, trying to muster up confidence that I don't possess. "What if she goes to the cops, Dad? That bruise on her face is enough to get you arrested and charged with assault."
"What? You mean when she tripped over the mess you made in the kitchen?" His smile is so wicked that it chills me to my core. "She ain't going to the cops. Hell, she'll probably be back here tomorrow."
"You're a bastard," I whisper, tears filling my eyes. "No wonder Mom left! She probably couldn't bear to spend another second with-"
I'm pushed to the floor. I scramble backwards as he approaches me, his cheeks scarlet with rage, his pupils the size of needle points. In fourteen years, I've never seen him this mad.
I've really done it this time.
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(COMPLETED) Life is hard when nowhere feels like home.
For Layla Dodds, there is only one goal: survival.
Abandoned by her mother and abused by her father, she dreams of the day she can finally escape the hick town she's been forced to call home. She just has to graduate first. With a genius level IQ and her best friend, Damian, by her side, she thinks she can weather any storm.
Except the universe might have other plans.
Four Walls is a tale of friendship, first loves, heartache, a little bit of magic, and a lot of self-discovery. Join Layla as she tries to make it through the hardest part of any teenager's life: high school.
~Book One in the Mind Over Mayhem series.~
Maria had everything she ever needed. but, one fateful day, she loses it all. her lover, her home, her parents....everything. Broken and torn, she goes to America hoping she could try to start over but, an unexpected person intrudes her life and turns upside down and inside out. she struggles even more. But love comes in a least expected time, in a least expected way.
~... Sneak peak... ~
She talked in past tense when she talked about Arden.
'he was always there for me....'
'he had always known to lighten up the mood....'
He thought it was his interest since childhood to be a detective was playing again but when he said something like,
'I already like this Arden of yours'
A dark cloud settled on her face. Her eyes became glossy. James thought that she was going to cry.
'Yes' she said finally with an amused look in her face. 'you two could have gotten along just fine'
~............ ~
trigger warning!!!
some characters might self harm, to escape from problems even for a tiny moment. This might trigger some people.
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