o

disdain, only to find my bod

d the side of my left arm. The fear that Mykel had succeeded in having his way with

ly vanished from my eyes. I sprang up and lay my back against the head board. I looked down at m

own a bed like this. My green orbs traveled around the

th Mykel, then

to figure it out. I had to get b

y, but I did not stop me from hurling myself out of the room, without turning back. I ran

hurried to the res

take orders. Armani suits and Rolex wristwatches, I could tell these men were rich just

your orders?" I asked, flas

I fought hard to stop myself from looking down at my feet by biting my lower lip g

eneral,

. His eyes raked through my skin, looki

" he r

ked potatoes. And a gla

my notepad, deliberately avoiding any form of

der." He

idence, the false sense that I would even be a ta

notepad in my hands. But, I broadene

not, Sir. Wou

nod

e all, I'll get

ers in and waited for them, by the counte

nt of money for one night, JoJo. When

y." I bit back. Although it was true that I needed a lot of mo

and rolled h

the previous night. When I was done, she was furious with Mykel, the scumbag who almost hurt me. In order to cal

ouldn't...I couldn't imagine it. But why didn't you tell the police?

nd makes a scene, and I need this job more than anyone. My aunt decided to st

I already used up most of my savings to re

fell silent

sino in the country, located in this city, of course and he is looking for... strip

like it was just another normal word

I had to repeat it

es so hard, I tho

took up ballet before, right? I think stripping won't be that dif

this was next grad

I sp

ve for my second job; the automobile r

a delicate and petite woman, was good at fixing c

cent Tesla model, I

definitely a pack leader, or wor

t me a generous tip . But, before I squeezed the money and tucked it into m

is payment for th

ver iota of joy I had gotten from holding

my way back home. I felt as though

hed the house, I found Vale

hat happened, Valerie? Why are y

ou hired someone to beat up Mykel, so she kicked us

day long. Mykel had almost raped me last night, but I didn't even have the time to feel angry

door in a desperate attemp

"You beat up my son, you little bi

eet. I'll do anything... If not for anythin

want me to throw you out right now, leave!" She th

ou, please don't throw us out, we don't have anywhere to go to." Valerie joined i

ed. She was so helpless, and

u. And I'm doing this not because of the little change your sister has failed to offer to me, but because I'm not going to stay here and watch this witch kill

air, dramatizing every word

ave to throw you out." She matched towar

N

her. She drove her elbow into my cheek and I drew

my ears. I jerked up, ignoring all my pa

me into the streets, into the cold, i

the night's silence. We began to walk. I did not know where we were going, did not

the end of th