And I had just managed to crawl toward my bed like a war victim when— Knock. Knock. Knock. No. No no no. I froze. Again. This time on all fours. And then I heard her voice. “Lyra? Hey, have you seen my dad?” My soul left my f*****g body. She was right outside my door again. Like Satan herself had respawned. “I’ve been looking everywhere for him,” she said through the door, her voice a little lighter now, but there was a faint twinge of concern. “I hope he’s okay. Cause I went in to get his charger and, like… I saw blood on his bedsheets.” BITCH THAT WAS MY BLOOD YOUR FATHER TOOK MY VIRGINITY. Okay. I didn’t say that out loud. I just lay there, face smashed into the carpet, still oozing, heart dead, and somehow my p***y clenched again like it remembered the moment and wanted

