Keira's Pov
It doesn't take me less than a few minutes to rush into the house and slam my door shut when I get into my room, my chest rushing and falling as I panted heavily.
The stinging in my knees was unbearable, but I didn't want my dad to see me right now. How was I going to explain the swollen lips, the rumpled clothes, the scalding wound on my knee?
"Keira?" My eyes widen, my back still to the door of my room as I listened to his footsteps approach my room.
"Is that you?"
I tried to still my breath before swallowing.
"Yes Dad. It's me." I tried to laugh, but it came out like a sound between a whimper and a chuckle.
"You sure you're okay? What happened?"
"Um.. " I felt bad about lying to my dad. This was the first time I would be doing such a treacherous thing, but w
