Raelyn
“Lyn, don’t hide from me!” Dylan shouted at me. “Come out and face me.”
What had I done wrong now?
“I told you two sugars! Is that so hard? Are you deaf and dumb?” He asked. “Can’t even make a decent cup of coffee. What good are you to me?”
I had done as he told me. two sugars. Hadn’t I?
“Answer me, b***h!” Dylan slapped me across the face.
I stood frozen, unsure what to say or do. “I’m, I’m, I”
“I, I, I” Dylan mocked me. “Even a trained monkey could do a better job than you.”
“Raelyn?” A hand landed on my arm, and I instantly flinched. Hot liquid landed on my arm, the cup falling on the ground and breaking into pieces.
“Oh, Raelyn, sweetheart, I am sorry.” I turned around to see Ruth standing there. We were in her kitchen, not mine.
I had been making coffee for her when i
