orner and glared at the man. She suffered from a number of cut

ixed emotions coursing through him. He was furious at who

ury, he felt like his whole

ing her. He thought about how he should handle the situation. After a lit

pain to notice that Z

surprised to see Zed standing in front of her. He stretched the pajamas toward he

rabbed the pajamas as th

f her, said, "Babe, let

s so soft an

eart change and her whole bo

still felt some hesitance. The thought reassured Zed and he

, you still have

on, Jean finally let down her gu

n he saw that tears had be

ness and anger, and

d had smiled at her since their

I promise I won't do anything else. I

ordered her around. He never

ly, Jean nodded. She had folded her arms in front of her chest as a barrier b

slowly and began unbu

skittish and that any strange or unwanted actio

nto his view, Zed growled. They were

ight, his suspicions had been confirmed. But he couldn't re

respond to Zed's outburst. Instead, she wat

careful, so...

ving room. Why is it so silent?' Jean'

g to Jean's injuries, he helpe

warm feeling ran

g and torture the Wen family dished out

you back to

l being gent

he was being sincere or whether all this was an act.

lifted her in his arms and

brace wa

her head on

not knowing what she

vered her with the quilt. After that, Z

and closed

e medicine that Zed had applied, but Jean felt her eyes getting heavy

g before Jean

dn't left

Once Jean's breathing indicated that she was as

an slept surp

eyes again, Zed wa

ns. Jean inspected her arms. The redness from the cigarette

us day. While she was accustomed to her family's behavi

d to the curtains

e was quite

mmm

uzzed all o

and looked at the text on

her f

h thoughts of what her father would do. She was also respectful of her father and stepmother regardless of how they treated her

e kept b

d say anything, she heard a loud hyster

... what the h