Shattered Love, Deadly Revenge

y were a constant, unwelcome companion i

dream was wor

epest humiliation. But this time, I could feel the eyes on me, not just as stares, but as physical

led wreck of my mother' s car was wrapped around a pole. I saw her i

, his face slack, one side of his body twisted at an unnatural angle. He w

would break free. My sheets were soaked with sweat. The dull ringing in my left

ame from the

ivi

ould understand him. I threw off th

o wear had leaked. The smell filled the small apartment. My father, a man who had once been so str

ispered, my own heart ach

his body shaking. "I' m

the bathroom to get warm water and towels.

methodical efficiency born of years of practice. I changed his bedding, disposed of the soiled items, an

e, I was

tmares, shame, and the endless, c

, I went into our tiny, cramped bathroom and locked the door. I le

dark circles under her eyes and a haunte

eflection. This is why I let those men touch

m. For

al person again. But the moment they ran a background check, the moment they googled my name, it was over. The video was still out

' t care about my past. They only car

with a plastic smile on my face. Because every dollar I made, every tip I coll

serable present. I had to get ready. Ethan had a doctor's appointment th

etend that everything was going to be ok

Liam Miller' s face floated in my mind. His tor

ught emerged from the

owed my father.

going to