NINE | A Friend!

[LIZZY]

“Out of curiosity, do you actually like being here?” She questions me with her curious blue eyes.

Hmm. Let me think about it…

“My father sold me to the Perazzo family to settle his debts. Until we pay off every single penny he owes, I have no other choice but to stay,” I reply with a poker face, because answering this question is far less painful and more entertaining.

Just dripping with sarcasm.

Honestly, it’s no skin off my back these days, not like it was in the beginning. Dad was never the warm and fuzzy type, anyway. The only time he ever treated me halfway decent was when Mom was still around. But even with Dad working his butt off day and night, we were always scraping by, unable to afford the fancy surgeries Mom needed to survive. And once she kicked the bucket five years ago, Dad was quick to turn to the bottle and the ladies of questionable virtue.

So yeah, nothing about my fucked up family bothers me anymore.

Zarina shoots me a glance of annoyance, or maybe it’s sym