I hated that he had such a great ability to get under my skin. It made no difference. I might have wanted to stay with him for so many reasons, but there were even more reasons to leave. For one, my parents still didn’t know where I was or even if I was alive. I needed to speak to them. It wasn’t like Brodie was stopping me from doing that, but I knew if I spoke to them, it would break me. They would want to know where I was and I would want to tell them. I couldn’t do that, so it was safer to not get in touch until I could tell them everything.
I headed for the stairs. I knew he wouldn’t be able to stop me, but I also knew it wouldn’t stop him from trying. He grabbed my upper arm and forced me to halt my climb. I turned to him and I knew there was nothing but hate in my eyes. I summoned
