All Chapters of Forbidden Ties; stuck between two brothers : Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

My head was spinning. And not in the way it did when you were hungover or had a terrible nightmare. No. It was excruciating and painful, I couldn't even breathe. "Shit," I cursed, clutching my sides, as something wet dribbled down my mouth.My vision was blurry. I could only see the faint outlines of the kitchen cabinets and the overhead lamps but beyond that, everything else was faint. I groaned, trying to push myself up to my feet but I couldn't. My legs suddenly stopped working. What the hell happened?"It's your fault!" I heard my father's beastly voice roar and mom's whimpering following suit.They were arguing, or rather my father was raining curses on her. "If you were home like I asked you to be, this wouldn't have fucking happened!""You almost killed her, Salem!""What the hell did you just say?!" I heard him bark and then a thump followed. It wasn't hard to decipher what had happened. Either he'd planted his fist on her face or he pushed her again. I wonder what mom

I didn't realize Nevada was such a long hours away from Chicago, I would've rethought my options, or taken two flights instead of a straight passage. I must've dozed off a couple of times, allowing myself a treat from the snacks and beverages by the porter. I was lucky enough to have the seat next to me empty and the cabin quiet. It wasn't first class but it was definitely comfortable throughout the entire ride.We arrived at Nevada in the early hours of the day, it was still dusk and the sun was yet to rise. I grabbed my bag and asked for the nearest motel to lodge. Thankfully, two other passengers, couples from the way they kept touching each other, were going the way so the three of us boarded a bus to the motel. When we got there, I gave the place a suspicious look. It had the aura of those haunted motels in movies and I wasn't sure I liked it. "Easy, princess," the guy passenger said with a laugh, "you look like you just developed a hernia."His girlfriend smacked his chest.

"So how long will you be staying here for?" I switched the bag in my left hand to the other, giving Tracy another grateful smile for helping me out with my other bag. She was kind enough to give me a tour of the town and I was pretty much convinced that I was going to like it here. What was there not to like? "I'm thinking permanently," I told her, our legs moving in rhythm. "You'll need a long term residence then." I bobbed my head and she grinned, her brown eyes sparkling. "That's wonderful! There's a lease up at my place, wanna check it out?" "I would love that, thank you!" She winked at me and we continued walking. "So what's a posh person like you doing down here?"I gave her a look and she burst into laughter. "What? You have that whole city girl look written all over your face.""I don't think so.""It's really obvious, darling," she said, bumping her shoulder against mine. "And that god awful hat is doing nothing to hide it." "Some pretty nice people gave it to me on