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bubbling water.

The noodles bend and I’m able to close the lid of the pot. Moments later, it

boils over, dousing the stove top in foaming pasta water.

“You fucking idiot!” Randall roars.

He yanks the lid off the pot, turning the heat down.

I want to scream at him to do it himself if he’s such a culinary genius.

Because I want to keep my head on my shoulders, I bite my lip until it’s

bleeding, hiding my face in the fridge as I search for the shaker of Parmesan

cheese.

Randall has lapsed into sullen silence, furiously wrenching the lid off the jar

of sauce and dumping it into the pot so hard that it splashes out on the kitchen

tiles.

“Clean that up,” he orders.

I have to get down on my hands and knees to mop up the sauce with a damp

paper towel. I can feel him watching me crawl around, wiping up every last

spatter.

I have a horrible feeling that he’s angry enough to tip that pot of boiling

noodles onto my back. As quickly as I can, I finish cleaning and throw away

the paper towels.

I set the table for three, hoping, praying, that my mother is on her way home.

My throat is too tight to eat. Randall takes one bite and then spits the noodles

out and shoves away his plate.

“Tastes like fucking play-dough,” he snarls. “How much salt did you put in

there?”

“I don’t know,” I sob miserably.

He glowers at me, his pale, piggy eyes almost disappearing beneath the heavy

shelf of his brow.

“You’re as useless as your mother. The only thing on this earth she’s good at

is sucking cock. Did you know that, Mara? Did you know your mother is a

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