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Eyes as dark as night bored intoakin to hatred

“Happy birthday, little Rose,” he sneered before disappearing froh the front door

Chapter One

Present

Nightti about the stillness that made me think about my past

All the tor up toI could barely sleep without seeing their faces or his anymore My parents would be so damn ashamed of me

I rubbed my temples to help alleviate a headache My nails were a chewed o, and I was down toto take the edge off I needed to get out of the house I needed a distraction

Yeah That was it

Fresh air and a change of scenery could do wonders I threw on a short black dress and fuck- down to my ass, and left

Instead of going to one of the finer establishe of town

I was a woman on a mission

That e cock to sit on—or a face, but you get ht it ht be best not to seduce one of the well-known locals ht out

Molly and I had made a vow that Black Pine would be our last move We had to establish some stability For the past few years, we’d been like two leaves letting the wind carry us wherever it pleased

Readjusting to the normal world hadn’t been a cakewalk for either of us, but I was fairly confident we could live semi-normal lives

I found myself at Gooskis approxihtly run-down appearance, and the na on the building’s dull gray exterior that read: Here you can drink at 7 AM