cí

damp, and as it was raining heavily that night, I feared for my safety as it s

ntrate on reading any of the books I had brought in the m

my family, my stepfather kicked me out of the house on the

er my roof either," he said with extreme coldness. "I can't support an

hose to try to talk to him, to explain that I had nowhere else to go. However, Jean didn't even listen to me. He stormed ou

er. My siblings were still too young to understand anything. Jennifer is only five years old, Jefferson sev

ible price. At the moment, I had very little money, but I had been informed by Laser Inc.'s HR that the next morning I could go in to sign my termination pape

. Still, I considered myself lucky, and with the money I received from Laser Inc. t

room's door, which sur

id a very muscular ma

hose to sp

een him once before when I joined the other tenants for d

He surprised me with the invitation.

t accept," I replied w

?" He pe

or a few seconds, I tried to find an answer that

ry tire

about t

ave plans fo

Friday night, then,

e to say. "I'm dealing with some problems and have no de

. That's what everyone

the way he spoke did too. Now, more than e

other time,

ld you t

n the long hallway before closing my door, using

blem?" I ask

, it didn

up of black coffee, which I discovered was what the guesthouse owner served every morning-I s

walking for hours and not finding anything. Sure, I had been nosy in sug

company's hallways with firm steps and a stern gaze, always ready to reprimand anyone who dared to cross his path. His intim

some men were standing right in the middle of the path, in front of the entrance. There were at least

area," one of them said wh

delicious," another one

nd and pretend I didn't intend to enter the guesthouse just yet.

irm voice. "You can go in, darling. I'll

group, my body tense with unease and fear of those

in an almost inaudible voic

the air. I walked down the narrow hallway until I reached my modest room. It

lost and helpless. As I replayed the events of the day in my mind, I remembered the arrogant Liam once again and felt a mix