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at Kade .
“She’s gone to him to try and settle everything. He put the fear of God into
her. She’s not going to let it go until she knows there are no repercussions,”
Steven said. He knew Holly and had spent a great deal of time watching her.
    Kade cursed, and John had gone pale.

Chapter
Seven
     
    Holly knew the second she couldn’t see the taxi that
she’d made a mistake coming back to the trailer. After spending the night with Kade and Steven she looked at the trailer where she’d spent
her whole life and felt sick to her stomach.
    She’d spent so many nights looking out at the stars
praying for a better life for herself and her family. Her mother had never
stopped him from drinking or hitting them. Over the years Holly had come to
despise them for their lack of care and love. Licking her lips she turned away
from the scene before her and went to walk away.
    “I see you’ve come back.” Her father’s voice filled
the space between. Turning back to him, she saw he’d been drinking. A half-empty
bottle was in his hands.
    Tightening her hands into fists she stared at him.
She wore the jeans and sweater she’d worn yesterday. Holly didn’t say a word.
    Anita appeared in the doorway glaring at her. The
sneer on her face couldn’t be disguised as anything other than hatred. Holly
had never understood their feelings toward her. Keeping her mouth shut she
glanced at her father. Out of the two people he was the one who could cause her
the most damage.
    “You got your fancy-ass bosses to come here and get
my kids and tell me to leave you alone. No one threatens me.”
    “Steven wasn’t here,” she said. His gaze cut to her,
and she wished she’d kept her mouth shut.
    “Steven is
it now? You’re fucking him I bet. The only way those men would stick up for you
was if you were fucking them. No man is ever going to love you. You’re too
fucking ugly.”
    Tears filled her eyes, and she felt them ready to
spill down her cheeks. Looking down at the floor she did everything she could
to force the tears back. If she cried then he’d laugh, and he would have won.
She didn’t want him to win.
    He invaded her space, grabbing her chin and forcing
her to look up at him. The moment she did the first tear started to fall.
    “You see, no one will ever love you. You’re not
worth their time or effort.”
    “Why do you hate me so much?” she asked.
    “Because you were supposed to be a boy and not a
fucking girl. I never wanted bitches. I wanted men in my family. Bitches are
not good for anything. Look at your mother. She’s a whore. She spreads her legs
for anyone. I don’t want another like her, and you’re exactly like her.”
    “Fuck you, William. You’ve got a tiny dick, and I’ve
got to get to some action from somewhere, you fat bastard,” Anita said.
    His grip tightened on her chin, making Holly cry out
in pain.
    “You shut your fucking mouth, bitch!” William didn’t
release her. Instead, he caught her arm in a bruising grip. “You’re going to
stop seeing those bastards or you’re going to give me money for spreading your
legs.”
    She shook her head. Fear gripped her as he threw her
to the ground. With one solid kick, he landed a blow to her stomach. Curling
into a ball Holly did everything to block out the pain.
    Nothing was happening, Kade and Steven had opened her, and she couldn’t stop the pain.
    “You back the fuck down, William.”
    Holly heard the sheriff’s voice, and seconds later
she heard Kade and Steven.
    “Stay the fuck back, Kade .
This is my job,” Matt said, yelling. Suddenly she was pulled up by her hair.
Her father smashed the glass bottle and pressed the smashed end toward her
face.
    She cringed, trying to pull away. His hands shook,
and if he pressed the glass was going into her face and she would be dead.
    “Let me go,” she said. Her stomach hurt, and so did
her face. His blows had been erratic.
    “No. They’ve seen me. You fucking set me up. There
is no getting