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Chapter 1

Ella

Sitting in the back of an Uber, I think about ood road, but it’s up to me to make it better The driver atteers?” It’s obvious since I’ers shirt

“Yeah” I shouldn’t be rude It’s not his fault I’m miserable I pull ently before tying my dark brown hair back up into a messy bun

“Doesn’t sound like a good place to work” He sy me feel less aard

“It’s not, but it’s er stand with less than sanitary conditions, and I’s out of the back of the building He disappears out back every couple hours, and he’s not sot to be the reason Either way, it’s sketchy as hell and I hate it Maybe I’ll quit and find another place

“I get it This is e, and I don’t want to be drowning in debt” He turns onto the long road that leads to some of the most expensive homes in the city “You live over here?”

I know exactly what he’s thinking Why would so in this area have to work at a fast-food restaurant? Not everything is as it seems, but I can’t say that I’m a servant in my own home

“Yes, but you kno it is…they want to teachfrom the truth

Eight years ago, my father remarried She’s kind of a wicked stepmother who acts sweet and kind to your face and then threatens to smother you while you sleep It has been three years since oes by that I don’t miss him and wonder why he did it He’d started to witness their abuse and neglect when it ca nonstop, so ould he leave me alone?

Soot no proof exceptto the investigators led to a suicide except the fact that there wasn’t a note He and I had plans for the folloeekend, so none of it made sense to me