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He chuckled “You’re a star See you after school”

She watched hiirls nearly fainted as he winked at theusting

Grabbing her bag from out of her locker, she made her way to calculus and put the whole Carson drama out of her mind

All she wanted to do was focus on her work, getting the best grades that she could so that she didn’t have to stick around town anyirl” The one that people pointed at and whispered about the crazy daddy who’d killed her mom, and also tried to kill her

Yep, that was her secret Her father had developed a drug addiction which made him completely paranoid, crazy, and insane He’d believed his as having an affair, and that Hope wasn’t even his daughter

He’d kept the it had taken for people to be alerted that so that time, she’d watched her father shoot her mother before he shot Hope in the stomach, and then he’d put a bullet in his brain She’d screa for help

Rubbing at her temple, she tried to focus on her teacher as the memory danced across her vision She was considered a bit of a freak because she’d not broken down The fear, the memory of it, she was able to put it in a little box and seal it away

Her aunt so in the world, but not a lot Hope could do about that She could sit and cry about it, or get on with her life, and her mother had told her what she needed to do while they’d been chained together Even when death was certain, hershe could to take care of her

Moving fronoring so about her dad Nope, these whispers were because of Dwayne, the hot guy who’d been caught talking to her

She wished they’d grow up

Hope didn’t bother to get changed out of her shorts and large shirt Leaving the ca on the hood of his car, chatting with so her shoulders, sheher arms as she did

“Babe, it’s about time”

“I’m not your babe Do you want the classes?” she asked

“Sure” He opened her door, and she thanked hi some of her hair out of the way, she leaned back in the leather seat and admired the comfort of the vehicle It had to be expensive, but Dwayne belonged to a wealthy fa less