Chapter 2: I LET MY NEW STEPDAD FILL ME AGAIN IN THE HOTEL WHILE HE CALLS ME HIS FILTHY PLAYTHINGI leave the house at ten with a duffel bag and a lie about studying with a friend.Mom kisses my cheek and tells me not to stay out too late. Damian watches from the living-room doorway, whiskey in hand, expression unreadable. The second the front door closes I feel his eyes on my back like a hand between my legs.The hotel is the same one he always books. Top floor. Key already waiting at the desk under the usual alias. I change in the bathroom—black lace mask, no glasses, lipstick the color of a bruise, the short dress that barely covers anything. When I step out he is already there, sleeves rolled, jacket discarded, the same controlled stillness he had in the study yesterday.He doesn’t greet me by either name.He just points to the floor.I drop to my knees on the thick carpet. The mask hides everything except my mouth. He steps in close, unbuckles his belt with slow precision, and fr
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