ILA

ightened up, pulling a black card from h

ress. The cold, sharp edge of the c

ng touch. His eyes were full of a meaning I didn't want

jacket from the floor, and walked out

the sudden, deafening silence, leaving o

ngth gone, and hugged my knee

with a single name, "Shane Montgomery,"

er beat down on me. I scrubbed my skin over and over until it was red and

ses on my neck and collarbone. The tears

d sobbed, for my lost innoce

I lost consciousness, the strange, triumphant smile on my stepsis

p and clarifying. The drink!

hat had spread through my body after I

ged. Rita

was the one who took advantage of Nolan Sullivan's car accident and his resu

at Nolan had simply forgotten me. Now, I saw it

he had to resort to this disgusting m

e water. I dried myself with a to

k anymore. I woul

rom the floor, checking its contents.

the black card I

t, then walked over and

hane, fit into Rita's scheme,

figure

h a steady hand, covering the exhausti

frightened and helpless. Her eyes w

oom. The sunlight was blind

ne. A dozen missed

th, ignored them,

ial lamb anymore. From this day on, y

new what awaited me wasn't a safe harbor. It was a cage of