known as the Lo
ears now, and my family haven't been able to foster a stable relationship
pa playing him, we're helpless. We have nothing to of
ng bu
ulfs us from the very first touch. But William harbors demons far stronger than my angelic li
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Gra
omes to co
r so long that it stuck. Now everyone in the neighborhood calls him that, cr
n't
back of his limousine and buttons his suit coat with precise twists of his long fingers, I grow short of breath. Even his mean expre
iam
woops in to collect checks from the building manager's office where we send our rent. If the check for that month is short-
m the Lord. He has no c
has enough money to
at's when the fa
imagining Willi
a person's life. Lead them astray. Astray isn't exactly what I'd call the tremors that tickle along my inner thighs when Willia
s obvious strength makes me damp in places that aren't mean to be damp. Makes my nipples stiffen into pebbles, hard and achy and sensitive. And my body's resp
ack eyes are piercing and full of malice. Yes, he has no problem ripping people's homes out from under them.
t attracts me t
and leaves. Because I can't stop my hand from coasting down over my breast, squeezing the mound through my ratty, second hand tank top. A gasp
come back to me,
buy and s
ought me, what wo
Or would he soften
ght my brothers doing with their girlfriends? I can't imagine a hardened man like him accepting pleasur
thoughts in their secret place where no one can see them, thanks to the lock. Only I have the combination to open it-a must in our cramped three-bedroom ap
he building manager's office, prowling back toward h
getting evi
t. Right before he folds his tall, broad frame into the back seat, he stops and looks around with a terrifying frown, nearly catching me where I
ons the landlord inspires. My pen and these pages are my only escape from the constant chaos that is my apartment. Don't get me wrong, I love my sibl
myself that no one can see it, I run across the street into my apartment building. Up the stairs, past some kids playing games on their phones and into
raw to
the couch, my father
" she weeps. "We could have made up the re
viction notice resting on the coffee tab
head up, noticing me for the firs
. "We're going to think
Nothing we own is valuable enough to pawn. My brothers can't convince their minimum wage jobs to advance them paychecks. We ow