Escapism By Raye Novels & Stories

Ray remarked. "I already told you I was going to run. That's been my plan from the start. You knew that. You're the one who advised me to do it," I shot back, my glare fixed on Ray. His perplexing behavior and sudden appearance had me seething. What was going through his mind? He was the one who urged me to escape this place, to steer clear of him. Yet here he stood, on the doorstep of my trailer, on the very morning of the First Moon Ceremony. The confusion escalated with every interaction I had with Ray.

My mother dragged me out of my biological father's brutality, and I thought we had finally escaped. Then she married the Don of the Falcone family. The woman who once fought to protect me completely changed. To secure my stepfather's approval and coddle his beloved Sofia, she stood by and let them turn me into a servant in the house I was supposed to call home. Every time I pushed back, they pushed harder. Every time I begged to be seen, I was met with contempt. My biological father's fists left scars on my body. This family's marks went deeper—into my bones. So I stopped. If they never wanted me there, I would stop breaking myself for their hollow approval. I would take my own life back. In