Chapter 139

“Good night, Fay,” he calls as I stomp up the stairs towards my

room. “See you at breakfast.”

I don’t look back. Instead, I storm through my bedroom door and

slam it shut behind me, hurling myself onto my bed. There, I hide

my head in my pillow and burst into furious tears.

I stay alone in my room for hours after I finish crying. Vacillating

between feeling absolutely horrible and then feeling absolutely

nothing at all, I stare at my ceiling for hours.

I had thought I was in charge with Kent. That I could rile him, and

use his…his attraction to me for my benefit. But today, everything

was again out of

but he was just doing it for

things

it, tonight he played me like a puppet. First raising me to anger, and then kissing me,

am his puppet. Ivan’s puppet. Even Daniel’s

how easily I

their games.

stare at the ceiling, watching the light

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trying to come up with a plan, with some way to get

at the end of

is playing chess and I’m not even playing checkers. I feel so…stupid. And alone. I pull my pillow

my dad,

give to go back to

is my stomach, which gives a mighty growl at some point in the evening when I’ve been laying in the dark for what must be a few hours. I sit up, looking down at my complaining stomach, and feel a

was Kent pressing me up against the door or Ivan feeding me tequila all day that’s responsible for

Now.

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