Olivia’s POV I fumble the key, the metal clinking loud in the quiet. The second he’s back upstairs I bolt for the kitchen, grab eggs, milk, bread from the fridge. No baconmoney’s too tight last time. I start the eggs, rush back down, shove into my only pair of holey leggings and the maroon sweatshirt that still smells like him. I twist my long curly black hair into a messy bun and carry the plate up. “Breakfast is ready, Dad.” I set it in front of him. He’s already reading a letter, squinting at the fancy handwriting. His scowl deepens until he tears the paper in half, again and again, like he’s angry at the air. “Olivia, go get money. Buy me bacon.” He waves me off like I’m nothing. I duck into the bathroom, pull the mirror down, and wince. My face is a map of bruised left eye swollen shut from last night, split lip reopened when he backhanded me this morning. Skin still looks like Mom’swarm caramelbut the rest of me is all sharp bones and hollow cheeks. Dull brown eyes that d
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