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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

~Thomas Edison

Charlotte

"I snuck out, I'm sorry." I choked out while Anthony squeezed my throat making it difficult for me to take in oxygen.

"You snuck out." He repeated slowly.

"Yes, I'm sorry."

"You will be sorry when I'm finished with you." He seethed tightening his grip on my throat.

"You are hurting me." My eyes becoming teary with each passing second. "Elio." I sobbed when he didn't let go.

As if taken aback, he let go and took a step away from me.

I brought my now red and swollen wrist up to my chest sobbing, it was throbbing badly and happened to be one of the four reasons I was now crying my eyes out, firstly, I felt like a dirty slut, secondly, I was afraid of what Anthony would do to me, I had never seen him so angry before and that petrified me. Thirdly, I felt like I had let him down and because of that, he would never like me again and lastly, I couldn't bottle up my emotions an