HOPE’s POVI fist my fingers and bring them up to Blake’s closed door. Then, taking a deep breath, I rap at the wooden frame.Knock, knock, knock it goes. Please tell me that he went out or fell asleep. Please don’t let him answer the –“Come in.”Crap.I am tempted to bolt, to run away and hide under the covers of my woolly blue blanket in the maid’s room but I know that if I do that, my life will not only be a living hell in school. It will be a nightmare too, here at the Parker manor.I tuck some stray locks of wet hair behind my ears, suddenly wishing I had worn something more presentable. Right now, I am in an oversized Mickey Mouse t-shirt that hangs over a pair of tiny red boxers. Both were bought from the thrift store a few blocks away from school. Hastily, I pull the sleeve up, the darn shirt's been slipping over my shoulder, revealing a strap of my nude-colored bra. Alos from the thrift store, though I wish I had not bought it, the darn bra is a size too small. Whatever. He
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