ozen outsi
ed on their own, pounding desperately agai
All I got was
the streets at midnight. After everything I'd sacrificed for him? None
rribly wrong with his family. I tried to believe that, pushing the sting of
o sleep. There were no cabs, no open shops, no lights. Jus
avy shoulder s
h-looking man mutt
ng my pace. Something felt off.
ehind me. At first, I tried to convince myself it was a coincidence. But when I
faster. S
an open shop, a passing car, a porch light anything. T
t the pavement. I didn't know where I was running; I j
ed hard into
amiliar voice asked, stead
gasping for a
ass was the last person I expected to see wandering the city a
d together in confusion. "W
they were going to-" My voice cracked, and I p
the dark. "There's no one there, Kat
eyes wide with terror. "The
t's too late for drama. My car is parked around the corner. I'll d
him that Williams had just thrown me out like garba
o open. Williams looked surprised to see Justin, but the momen
doing here?"
," Justin said with a careless shrug, clearly wanting to wash his hands
his arms. "We broke up to
y cheeks, and I stare
afe," Justin muttered, already backing away towa
ing stretch of silence, Justin left, and Wil
forward. He grabbed me brutally by the arm, drag
realized we
TV. They looked up from their video game, watching me with twisted, a
e guest room. "Stay in there, and your
at I've been through tonight. I only went to Oregan because of you. I
the walls. "Oh, shut your fucki
as if I'd b
know what people say about you on campus. I know how you throw yourself around. You loved the attention
ac
ith his cheek befor
atastrophi
ross my nose, sending me crashing violently onto the hardwood floo
d, his eyes turning wild and feral. "You th
fists raining down on my face and ribs until th
op!" I shrieked, cho
and throwing me onto the bed. I couldn't recognize him anymore. Th
kly, he unbuckled his leather belt and used it to chain my wrists tightly to the wo
smile. He walked to the bedroom door an
art s
her belt, the metal buckle cutting deeply into my wrists as tears blinded my vision. They took turns violating
sigh, throwing my torn clothes onto the bed. "L
t to the edge of the city, dumping me on a dark, isolated street near my apart
liams hissed, preparing to jum
me as I tried to crawl away. "What if someone finds her like this? If she goes to
down at me. "Fuck, you're right. I can't let t
face. "Listen, I know a guy who handles girls like her. We can get rid of he
greedy excitement. He looked back down at my broken bo
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