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Chapter 1

After my intimate photos were leaked, my already terrible reputation sank even lower.The guy sitting behind me gave my chair a hard kick.“Hey, how much is Chase paying you? Give the boys a ballpark figure so we’ll know what numbers to quote when we throw some business your way.”Muffled snickers rippled through the room.I clenched my jaw until it ached.I kept my head down and stared at my book, but the words swam across the page.“For crying out loud, why are you acting all innocent? You’re not even particularly hot! I want to see what all the fuss is about. Just looking at pictures is no fun.”Someone grabbed me by the collar and dragged me to my feet. Dozens of phone cameras pointed at my face, forming a wall with no way through.“Get away from me! Don’t touch me!”I desperately curled in on myself, but hands like iron clamps forced my shoulders back.There was a sharp rasp.My zipper was yanked open.Something inside my head snapped.The guy’s eyes widened in surpri

Chapter 2

Chase, the boy who sat beside me in class, cautiously asked if I wanted to attend the same college as him.Back then, I lowered my head and answered gloomily, “I’m not going to college. I have to go home and get married.”While I was locked inside the house awaiting my wedding, Chase showed up drenched in sweat. He handed my father $20,000 and said he wanted to marry me.My father thought the rich kid must be out of his mind. He figured he could get even more money out of him.In the end, he only agreed to let me attend college with Chase for four years.I thought I was destined to be like my mother, a docile live-in maid to the man who had paid for me. My mother had played a meek role. She was always obedient and never fought back.So, when Chase leaned in to kiss me, I just closed my eyes.Chase thought I had accepted his feelings.Later, when we had grown closer, he put an arm around my shoulders and asked why I had agreed to be with him.Without thinking, I answered, “Beca

Chapter 3

He and Fiona had been together for three years.I became the one who carried their bags, brought them drinks, made their coffee and did their laundry.When they first started dating, once, Fiona wore high heels on a walk with Chase and twisted her ankle.Chase had held her against him and stared at the flats on my feet. “Take those off. Fiona can wear them.”I did not know how to walk in heels. Fiona would never have let me wear hers anyway.So, I followed them barefoot across campus, past every dorm and academic building.There was nowhere to hide from all the stares.It took almost no effort for Chase to turn me into the biggest joke on campus.That was when everyone started calling me Chase’s dog, a name I could never shake.I glanced at Theo with hesitation.Theo chortled and said into my phone, “That’s not cool, man. What happened to honoring our deal?”There was a pause on the other end. Chase seemed to have only just remembered the arrangement.He said impatiently, “

Chapter 4

“How does a straight-A student like you get into fights?” Theo teased as he studied the bruises on my face.I had already opened the assignments and was ready to begin. “How do you know I’m a straight-A student? I’m someone’s side piece too.”“You sound awfully proud of that. Are you expecting me to compliment you?”I met Theo’s almost-amused gaze and hurled my pen to the floor.“That’s right. I’m a harlot. I’m used goods.”I shot to my feet.Theo stared at me in shock as I grabbed his shirt and yanked it open.“Who would believe that you spent $260 just to have me do homework? Why can’t you be honest? Just do what you really want…” The words kept spilling out. My hands grew more frantic.I thought, “Hurry. Stop tormenting me. Just do what you want. Do what every man wants to do after paying a woman. Please prove that my body is all I am worth.”Theo did not stop me. He let me tug at his clothes.He watched until I finally sank to my knees. I struggled to catch my breath.No

Chapter 5

“Heather!” The color drained from Chase’s face. He rushed over and slapped me hard.My ears rang from the blow. Something warm trickled from my nose.Yet my grip on Fiona’s hair did not loosen.I screamed into her ear. My entire body shook.“What did you do to my mother?!”Fiona’s temple was bleeding. She looked dazed, her eyes unfocused.My pulse hammered in my head. A deafening roar filled my ears.I twisted my fist tighter in her hair. Her scream pierced the room.The others finally recovered from their shock. Several of them rushed over and pinned me to the floor.I could not hold back the nausea any longer. I vomited all over the floor.They recoiled in disgust. Their grip loosened for a moment.I seized the opening and scrambled out of the private lounge.“Heather!”My steps faltered.I heard Chase shouting behind me.“You know what happens when you disobey me! This is your last chance. Get back here and apologize to Fiona.”I did not look back and forced my batte

Chapter 6

I kept trying to soothe her with tearful eyes. Every time I brought the spoon to her lips, she knocked it away.“Mom, please save your strength. Just take your medicine, okay?”“No. I’m dying anyway. Don’t waste it on me.”I watched her eyes slowly close.“Mom, please. Just one sip. Please, Mom!”The last thing my mother ever said to me was, “Get out. Don’t ever come back.”“Mom? Mom!”I clung to the bedside and screamed for her until my voice gave out. She never answered.My phone kept ringing. The number was unfamiliar.The moment I answered, I recognized Fiona’s voice.I had never been more disappointed. She was still alive.“You don’t have to thank me. Your mother may have been dying, but she still had a right to know the truth.”She was struggling to speak, but she had still called just to taunt me.“Chase is going to make you pay for what you did to me! Set foot on campus again, and you’re dead!”I regretted holding back.I should have buried the broken bottle in h

Chapter 7

[March: Heather gave me $10,000. No hospital bills this month. All $10,000 left.]The handwriting had started out neat. Over time it became shaky and uneven.I had secretly given her $80,000 without my father knowing.More than $50,000 remained.At the very bottom of the tin was a bank passbook.The account was under the name Tramp Greene.The PIN was my birthday. The balance was $37,625.10.A few shaky words had been written inside. [For my daughter. College. Wedding. A life away from home.]I clutched the note and sat on the damp concrete floor all night.I counted the money over and over.Something hard lodged in my throat, but no tears came.By morning, bright sunlight poured through the window, but I still felt cold to the bone.Every year, I had fought to scrape together another $10,000 for her treatment.From that point, the only thing I could buy her was a bouquet of flowers once a year. When I returned to campus, I ran into Chase outside my dorm.He grabbed m

Chapter 8

His expression faltered, but he quickly raised his chin again.“You aren’t scaring me. What father doesn’t hit his kids?”“Maybe that alone won’t matter.”I put my phone away.“But what if I send this recording to the town council, the local paper and everyone at your factory? I’ll include the story of how you tried to sell me to that old man with a limp for $10,000.“What do you think your drinking buddies will say? What about all those coworkers who would love to see you humiliated?”His glass stopped halfway to his mouth.“You care more about your reputation than anything, don’t you?”I stepped closer and stared into his clouded eyes.“Everyone will know you drove your wife to her death, tried to sell your daughter and drank away the money she made selling her body. How much will you have to drink before you can show your face around here again?”My father’s lips began to tremble. “You… You wouldn’t dare!”“What makes you think I wouldn’t?”I glanced around the run-down

Chapter 9

When I left, it was almost dark.The town hall’s public-address system was broadcasting a notice. “This week’s investment review meeting with Ekland Group has been canceled. A new date will be announced if the meeting is rescheduled.”Chase called repeatedly. I ignored every call.Theo told me the Ekland family’s tourism development was as good as dead.County officials had formally announced that they would reassess the company’s fitness and reputation as an investor.Kingswell University also withdrew Chase’s guaranteed place in its graduate program because of the public scandal surrounding his family.After I returned to campus, my student advisor suddenly asked to see me.“Chase’s father has requested a meeting with you. He wants to apologize in person for any past misunderstandings and is prepared to compensate you in any way you consider appropriate.”I looked at the advisor who had not once checked on me all year.“Do you really think it would be appropriate for me to m

Chapter 10

The day I paid off the last of my debt, Chase called me. “Heather, we need to talk. I was a complete fool back then…”I hung up.The next day, he showed up at the tutoring center.Chase, who had always acted as if he owned the world, stood there clutching a gaudy bouquet of red roses.Fiona was behind him with a bandage wrapped around her head.“I broke up with her. I took care of the photos too. They’re gone! Heather, you know I only did those things because I liked you.”Chase gritted his teeth. Then, he shoved Fiona forward. “Apologize to Heather!”Fiona stumbled and stared at him in disbelief.“Chase, I can’t believe I ever saw anything in you!”I watched the whole pathetic scene in silence.After Chase slapped Fiona, I said calmly, “You still don’t understand, Chase. Do you think you can pin everything on her and be completely blameless?”I looked from one to the other.“You and her have always been exactly the same.”Chase opened his mouth, but no words came out.At

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