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Faood line of questioning

Why have you never mentioned your parents?

The pain in o that way either The moment I pried in that area of her life, she’d turn it around and ask me Family was strictly out of bounds

Christ, what else was there?

I’un

Would Tess really want to know I losther home to her father? Did she really want to know the sick and awful thoughts plaguing ht now, before any har ridiculous

Tess took a large gulp of her drink

I paused The panic in my system faded a little; I narrowed my eyes Tess’s cheeks were flushed, her body not as effortlessly poised

A smile spread over aot her drunk If she lost all inhibitions any question was answerable, and anything I wanted to do to her e got back to the hotel would be welco in public and the horrible feeling of dread would go unnoticed

If I got her drunk--I was free

I grabbedher "Cheers Here’s to Truth or Dare"

She se already I wanted to laugh This would work Then I frowned--as she so nervous? What the hell was she so afraid to tellmy heartbeat as every muscle prepared to wrench my knife free and kill Kill them before they could kill me

Because that’s what they wanted That’s what I refused to think about and never wanted Tess to guess

Silence stretched between us; I threw a largeo first"

Tess looked up, her eyes popping wide "Oh…okay" Her fingers played with the ste to hide her apprehension She couldn’t hide it--not from me

"I know you have an older brother Why don’t you ever o home I wanted to know about her family--hopefully she’d be too drunk to re forward "How do you know I have a brother? I never irl I’d sent her back to Australia But I never stopped watching How could I when I knew I’d fallen head over fking heels that night she gave inity--I’d welco I’d ruined her but unable to keep her against her will any longer

I raised --did you honestly think I wouldn’t check on you fro every fking minute I’d been an obsessed creep

"You spied on ed "Spied…kept you safe Sahed "Hardly But okay--if that’s your first question I’ll answer it" Taking a deep breath, she said, "Yes, I have an older brother His name is Saer sister about as much as ainstup in a household with no love, company, or connection Assholes Maybe they deserved payback My mind ran ays to make them suffer

Her fanant then? If they only made your life a misery--as the point?"

My brutal question didn’t faze Tess Her fingers turned white around her glass, but she answered bravely "I was a mistake My father had a vasectoot to tellwith the tablecloth "When I turned twelve, they prettyto raise me I was self-sufficient in their eyes They eer daughter craving attention, I did al they asked me to do They had a live-in maid, and a terrible cook, for free"

My heart wanted to claw its way out of my chest She’d been a slave to her own family Fuck me

Then she’d become mine No wonder she took to houseith Suzette so easily It was norression to the past she’d tried to escape

Shit, this ga the questions--her ansere fking er, frustration, and a need to deliver vengeance

I wanted so to kill me, so I could stab hie

"Why didn’t they adopt you out? That would’ve been the right thing to do if they had no intention of raising you right"

Tess pursed her lips "They’re very old-fashioned The saaveher throat, she waved her finger "No et one question and now it’s lass, ready to drink before she even asked her question My lips were sealed If I was going to ever admit parts of my life prior to Tess, I wouldn’t do it in a restaurant However, as far as privacy went, we had tons of the fking stuff No one paid attention to us No one sentAnd Franco sat behind us in a separate booth onlyon her botto a question "You never ? Tell h for that question Out of all my family, my mother was the least shrouded in lies andan eye on the door as a man in a black suit strolled in

Fine, I would answer that one

"She died when I was young"

"Oh, that’s awful How?"

My uely remembered

"Quincy?"