Chapter 5
“A few months after I graduated, I moved in with him,” Samantha said. Once again, she was drawn back to that horrible time in her life.
“This is what we’re going to live in?” Derek sneered.
Samantha bit her cheek and counted to ten so she wouldn’t say what she was thinking. When she was sure her words wouldn’t be sharp, she finally spoke. “It’s what we can afford right now. I’m sure things will improve soon and we can move somewhere nicer.”
“Once I’m no longer saving for your ring, I’ll be able to help and then we won’t have to live in a dump on your pathetic salary.”
“Exactly,” Samantha said and tried to find some happiness in the fact that Derek was at least still planning on getting her a ring. And he said that once he’d saved enough money he would start helping and it wo
