I hate this fucking place. My mom’s sobs, my brother’s grumbling. The only thing missing from the soundtrack of my childhood is my dad raging about.
Lucky for him, he knows to keep his mouth shut right now.
With a few furious swipes, I start deleting all of my dad’s contacts. Will that stop him from gambling his life away?
Probably not.
But maybe it’ll slow him down.
That’s the last favor I’ll do for my family.
“Here,” I shove my dad’s phone back into his chest.
I stare down at him. Pretty sure I wanted to kill him, when he first sold me to the Mercer Family Farm.
I cock my fist back and clock him in the eye. Same one Gavin’s got a bruise on. My dad whimpers like the pathetic piece of shit he is. I held back, too.
The guys Gavin’s going to fight now won’t fucking hold back.
“You’re lucky the only thing I’m leaving you with is a black eye, old man,” I growl into his face. “I know I’ve gotten a whole lot worse to feed this fucking ungrateful ass family.”
Ash reappears, shoving a pale looking Gavin in front of him.
“Holy shit, that’s a lot of stuff.” I let out a huff of laughter as I glance at Griffin’s arms, laden with what looks like a bunch of clothes and a first aid kit.
“Grabbed what looked like yours,” he mutters under his breath as he passes me. “Seems like they sold a lot.”
“Doesn’t surprise me.”
What does surprise me is Ash’s boldness as he makes his way to the kitchen, wrenching open the fridge.
“You guys seriously don’t have anything fucking good in here?” He snarls as he pulls out a six pack of beer.
“You done?” I say, letting out a huff oflaughter.
“Mhmm,” Ash nods, lifting the six pack like he’s making a toast.
“Let’s get out of here,” I say, casting one last look at my childhood home.
Gavin glares at me as I push past him.
“Don’t ever come back!” He yells as I reach the front door.
“I don’t plan to,” I call back.
My mom breaks out into more sobs.
“Okay, I’m done here,” I sigh.
“You know who you’re gonna call first?” Ash says.
“There’s a woman who used to pick up a couple shifts now and then at one of the old rings I used to fight at. Roxie. I’ll call her.”
“Great, let’s get back then. Dunno ‘bout you, but I’m itching to get back to our omega.”
CHAPTER 43
Mirabelle
