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When you’re raised in hell, heaven is a fairy tale that doesn’t exist.
My fear is drowning to death. This is why this is my initiation. My father knows this. He found my mom once trying to drown me in the bathtub. She hated my father, and I fell into that category by association.
“Everyone deserves to be loved. I’m just sorry you’ll never experience it.”
“If you ever get the chance, Ashtyn, you run. Run like hell and don’t ever look back. Do you understand me?”
“Remember that, sweetheart. I love you so much that I have to hurt you.”
“That’s the thing about a man with everything to lose. I’m willing to sink the ship. And I’ll make sure you drown with me.”
“You’re going to risk your life to leave here?”
“To leave me?”
Being his prisoner sounds better than being without him.