Caught Up (Into Darkness Trilogy)

by Navessa Allen

“I fucking knew this little whore would be trouble.” Aly swore. Greg drained his drink and set his glass down hard enough to rattle the table. And Mom … God help Dad after we all left and she had him alone to herself. Josh was the only one as still as I was, likely gone to that empty place in his head that he’d tried to explain to me a few months ago. My own quiet was much calmer. This wasn’t anything I hadn’t anticipated. My father wasn’t stupid. Like Mom, he probably sensed that this was the “big one,” and I knew that meant he would be at his worst. “Are you okay?” I asked Lauren. She surprised me by laughing. “I’m fine. That is the least creative way to insult me he could have chosen.” She leaned past me, looking at my father. “If you were a sub, I would respond by inviting you to a private chat so you could find out just how big a whore I am.” She added a wink for good measure, and my love for her swelled. My father’s expression shifted into disgust. “This is who you choose to be with? Someone who says shit like that at the dinner table? Think of your future. How will you ever be able to bring her around your friends? Your family?” Aly leaned forward. “You literally just called her a whore at the dinner table, you fucking hypocrite.”