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Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas

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A kick shot into my stomach, and I grunted, wincing as he

did it again.

“Dad, stop!” she cried, climbing off the bed. “Leave him

alone!”

The other guy pulled her back, and I recognized him as Mr.

Kincaid, my old dean. He gripped Winter by the arms as she

struggled to free herself.

“You sick little shit!” Ashby growled at me. “I threatened a

restraining order and you do this? You’re going to fucking jail

for this. How dare you!”

He came down, landing another punch, and I clenched my

teeth, holding my stomach.

Winter.

“Restraining order?” she repeated. “What?”

Please no. Please don’t find out like this. Fuck.

“How could you have sex with him, Winter?” her father

shouted. “What were you thinking?”

She held the sheet around her body, shaking her head.

“How do you know that? What’s happening?”

She doesn’t know anything. She doesn’t know about the

video being leaked, me…

“Call Doug Coulson,” Ashby told Mr. Kincaid. “Tell him

we have Torrance here and to get his ass over here on his

rounds picking up all the rest of the little shits.”

I squeezed my eyes shut, barely feeling him grip my hair

as I waited for Winter to understand.

It was over. She’d hate me.

“Torrance,” she breathed out, hearing what her father had

said. “Damon Torrance?”

I looked at her as he pulled my hair, making my scalp

burn. “Winter,” I begged.

“What?” she said to herself, still processing.

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