I was terrified all the time.

I couldn't go on like this. I was even afraid of my own shadow.

I heard a noise downstairs and I knew Allan was home. He was probably searching the cabinets for his stash of alcohol. He was more violent when he was drunk.

I heard my stomach grumbled again. I was really hungry, but I couldn't go downstairs, because he would see me and find a reason to hit me.

I really don't know why my mother had married him. What had she seen in him? I don't know why I ask that question, because I already knew the answer. He was rich and my mother needed the money.

Dad died when I was ten and we started to have money issues. My mother had to do something in order for us to get by, so a year later she married Allan. She didn't love him and I knew he didn't love her either.

Her Saving Grace

Carson suddenly broke the kiss. I opened my eyes slowly and saw him looking at me. I became so uncomfortable by his intense gaze that I blushed and cleared my throat. He then smiled brightly and stepped away from me. "Good night, Kitten."


He the left the kitchen, leaving me frazzled and dumbfounded. I couldn't even move or speak. I touched my lips that was still tingling from Carson's kiss. Did Carson really just kissed me?


However, what I was really troubled about was that I was disappointed that the kiss came to an end so soon. I wished that his kisses could have prolong forever.


The next day I did not mention the kiss to Carson. I acted normally around him because I didn't want him to think that I was thinking about it. In case it didn't mean anything, which I'm sure it didn't to him.


Chapter 40