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

"You did that on purpose." I exclaimed, hitting him on the shoulders. He chuckled and I felt his chest rumbled beneath me. Being aware that I was still lying on him, I tried to move, but he held me in place. "Let go of me, you idiot."


"Now, now Kitten. It is not nice to call people names." He said smirking. I could see that he was amused by the situation. Before I could say anything, I heard a voice.


"Do you guys need some alone time? We don't mind waiting in the car." Michael said in an amused voice.


I quickly came from off Carson and sat on the floor as soon as Michael had spoken. Thankfully, Carson let me go this time. I looked up at Michael and he was smirking. The twins were behind him with similar grins. I blushed from embarrassment. I looked at Carson and he didn't seem bothered at all. As a matter of fact, he was amused by my flushed face.


"Yeah, we could do that." Jayden put in. "I wouldn't mind eating all this food by myself."


Chapter 41