The Tower (THE HUNTED OF HARRIS CITY #1) by Aurelia Fray EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Aurelia Fray
- Language: English
- Genre: contemporary romance
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In a world of liars and cheats, only the good die young. My grandmother told
me that just before she died and I cling to the words, believing she
entrusted them to me. Lying and cheating are inherited traits in my
family, so I know she spoke from experience.
She died at eighty-four. Did that make her the worst of them or the
most resilient? Either way,I hope the saying is true, because there’s only so
much a good person can take.
“Don’t you have work tonight?”
Squashed into his threadbare reclining armchair, my dad glares across
the lounge at me. Bent and crooked, the bottom of the chair is stuck in the
open position and the back touches the oor whenever he leans too far. He
reclines precariously at its sweet spot and roosts in it. His bare chest is on
display—if you count the blanket of thick, dark, curly hair as bare—and he
wears only a pair of skid-mark encrusted boxer shorts and a mismatched
pair of socks.I stare at his fat toe, peeking through the hole in the left sock,
rather than at him, as I answer.
“Yeah,I’m running late.”e second I admit it,I know I’ve made a
mistake. Dad likes nothing more than to pick on aws, and he nds enough
of those on his own.I don’t have to give him ammunition too. Exhaustion
must have eaten away at my survival reserves if I’m making such novice
mistakes.I need rest, not another shift at Carlito’s Bar.
“You’d better not lose that goddamned job.” His eyes burn twin holes
in the side of my head, his mouth curves into a sneer.e words slash out
across the room, and the unspoken part of the threat hits just as he
intended; a sharp hint of what awaits me if I screw up. He uses a special
tone just for me; a piercing knife-edge dancing between impatience and
caution. He doesn’t give a damn about me or my job. He simply enjoys
reminding me he won’t think twice about putting me in my place.
Despite living on my nerves, always expecting the next ght,I learned
a long time ago to not take him to heart.If I let the things he says upset me,
I’d have no heart left.
“I won’t!”I snap and regret my tone; I know better than to mouth off.
e problem is he has a point.I am late and I seriously risk pissing off my
boss for the last time.
My gaze trails across the ugly grey carpet to the frayed material of his
chair, then up over his wide grin, full of crooked yellow teeth, to his eyes.
ey burn, not with anger, but with spiteful pleasure. My stomach twists.
I’ve earned myself a slap for sure.
Plus side, he won’t bother with me now, not when he can savour the
anticipation and pay me back after my shift. He’ll never risk injuring me
before work. No. My shitty earnings are more important than his annoyance
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