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Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas

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But I’d been willing with someone in that video, and it

didn’t matter with who. My father thought anyone who wanted

me was obviously victimizing me.

And look at that. He was right.

I was the idiot for not knowing better. For thinking a

“regular” guy wanted me.

I felt the bed sink as my mother sat down. “Did he hurt

you?”

Every muscle on my face trembled. How do you mean?

Bruises? Is that what counts?

“Yes, I know he lied.” She touched my face, trying to

comfort me. “But did he force himself on you? We need to

know every detail, Winter. The court will need to know.”

I sucked in a breath. Court. GGod, this town would massacre

me.

“He lied,” I said. “He made me think I was with someone

else.”

“Who?” Mom asked. “Who did you think he was?”

I opened my mouth to try to explain, but it wouldn’t make

sense. I’m not even sure it did to me anymore.

He never said he wasn’t Damon Torrance. I had sex with

him, knowing I didn’t know who he was. Not his name, his

family, his school…

No one was going to believe me.

There were probably other girls he’d hurt, and they may

want to back me up, but his family was too wealthy and he

was popular. They might hate him, but they were also afraid

not to love him in public.

And the guys. They idolized him. He’d scored with a

sixteen-year-old girl, and hey, it was just a technicality. I was

legal in thirty-three states. Just not ours, right?

Oh, Christ. How was I so stupid?

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