Semua Bab Bullied by my Stepbrother : Bab 1 - Bab 5

The lake was my escape.It always has been. The crisp air, and the glitter of the moon shadow shining on the water always had a way of filling in that emptiness I feel inside. When the world felt too loud, too crowded, too much, I’d grab my camera and slip away to the water’s edge. I gripped my camera, positioning it perfectly to capture the way the moonlight danced on the water, the way the trees swayed in the breeze, the way the world felt alive even when I didn’t.The sound of a tree branch break hit my ears. I froze. It sounded sharp, like something heavy stepped on it. My eyes scan the area, looking for the source of the noise. Nothing. I dropped my eyes back to my camera, absorbing the view of nature till a figure passed. My heart stopped. I took in a sharp breath as my eyes widened trying to spot the figure. A shadow shifted at the edge of the trees, and my finger paused on the record button.I took another sharp breath as the figure stepped into the moonlight. My breathing p

“Mom, please,” I begged, my voice trembling. “I’m not ready to move in with them. Can’t we at least stay here until the rent expires?” Mom sighed, running a hand through her hair like she was already exhausted. “Rosalie, this is a good thing. David is offering us stability. A fresh start.The sooner the better! Don’t ruin this for us.” ““I’m not ruining anything,” I shot back, “I know all these, but I need time to process it all! You can’t just ghost for three weeks and come back with a wedding ring and tell me to move in with them! This is psycho behavior!”“Are you calling me a psycho?” My mom shot.“I’m doing this for us Rosalie.”“I know but do something for me. Please mom, do this to make up for when you forgot my birthday.”My mom glared at me. She knew she couldn’t say no now.“Fine, the rent expires in three weeks. But you have to promise you’ll be coming home for dinner.”I nodded.“And also you need to be nice to Noah.”A lump grew in my throat.“I am, it’s Noah who’s

I walked into school hoping to stay invisible. But the moment I stepped into the hallway, the whispers started.“There she is.”“Look, it’s the whore.”My stomach dropped. I kept my head down still clutching the straps of my bag with my hands. I heard footsteps behind me. I turned around to see the brown-eyed boy from yesterday.“Hey, girl!” he called. He was leaning against a locker with a smirk on his face. “How much for a lap dance in that sexy swimsuit?”What swimsuit?My blood ran cold. “What are you talking about?”He held up his phone, and my heart stopped. My eyes widened as it landed on a video of me. I was in my swimsuit, twirling in front of the mirror, showing off the new suit I’d bought. I’d sent it to my mom. “How… how did you get that?” I stammered. My voice was shaking.The guy laughed. “It’s all over the school blog dummy, so how much?”I had only sent it to my mom? Who could have done this? My mom can’t do this to me. Then it hit me.Noah.Tears burned in my eyes,