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Thick arms

Shaggy brown hair

“The fuck you doin’ here in the dark?” he snapped He was always annoyed about so my homework, that annoyed him My room was about the size of a box, so when he spoke, I could smell the liquor on his breath I hated when he drank He was even more hostile than usual

“I’ my chin up

“You talkin’ back to me, boy?” He took three steps forward Two ht in front of me

“No sir,” I answered

“Sounds like you are” He turned his head to take a look around my room “Why the hell isn’t this room clean?”

I looked with hi Mama said it was fine”

“Your h “You really listening to your mama? You know she doesn’t know shit! You can’t listen to a daoddamn liar” I could see his teeth when he spoke, slick and sharp They reminded me of razors

“Corabbed ed me toward my bed and forcedrip the back of my neck He squeezed my neck and I tried to hunch my shoulders in hopes that he’d pull his hand away, but he only squeezed harder

My eyes burned Tears threatened to spill over, but fuck that I refused to cry I was done crying over him

“Drove by the diner earlier,” he continued, “Saw yoursome man in a suit I know she has to be nice for those tips and all, but… shit She don’t have to be so nice, to the point she has her titties all in his face like a fucking whore” He breathed harder, still clutching my neck

Relief struck me when he shoved me away and my knees hit the floor with a hard thunk

I rubbed the back ofonfilthy,” he griet back in the next ten minutes, you’ll have a price to pay You hearwith me”

“Yes, sir,” I answered quickly He left the room and I hurried to pick up what little I could find I really didn’t have much I had a few books and baseball cards on my dresser I didn’t have a TV or that htened the ru us to sit, but there wasn’t much else for me to do