The Prank That Broke Her

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