Axel James King commands attention as the ultimate heartthrob - blessed with looks, wealth, and a trail of adoring girls. A world of opulence and glamour orbits around him until his gaze locks on Chloe Jones.
Chloe, the classic good girl, is all abo...
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The ringing of her alarm woke her up. She rubbed her eyes to get rid of the grogginess. It felt like she had tons of weight over her eyelids that made it difficult to keep them open. She checked the time and it was 1:00 a.m. She sat up making sure that her head doesn't collide with the stooped ceiling.
She had to go to work. She worked as a cashier at a supermarket near her house from 2:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. and after school, she worked as a waitress at a small café.
With such low wages, she could only afford food for her father and herself for the entire month. She also had to pay all their bills. She bought clothes for herself and her father from a local thrift shop whose owner gave her a special discount.
She was saving up some money for college. No one knew about that stash except for her. Every day she'd put two to four dollars into her nest egg. She has been saving for college for three years. She wasn't sure if she was lucky enough to win a scholarship for college as well. So, she had to plan everything.
She lazily strolled down to the bathroom. She brushed her teeth, showered. She didn't feel like going to work but she had to... She wasn't a normal teenager that could do whatever she wanted. At the age of seventeen, her main focus was how to survive the month without starving herself or her father while keeping up her grades and juggling two jobs with perfection. She was far from a normal teenager, she was mature and responsible.
She was getting ready to leave when she heard a ruckus coming from her father's room. She walked to where his room was and realize that her father was not alone. Voices of multiple men threatening and asking for their money fell on her ears. A gasp left her lips and she covered her mouth with her hands.
"I'm gonna blow his fucking brains out," someone said, and then she heard the cocking of the gun.
Without even thinking, she burst open her father's door. "DAD!" She cried out
Two men were holding his arms while another was beating him up. They all turned towards Chloe and her father frantically shook his head.
"Well, well, what do we have here?" They stared her up and down with lust swirling in their eyes.
"NO! Chloe, get out of here!" Her father shouted
The guy who was beating her father clasped her forearm and pulled her towards him. "No, please, no" Hugh sobbed. "I'll give you all the money back, every cent but please let my daughter go. She has nothing to do with all this. She is just a child, please" he begged them on his knees.
The man turned towards Chloe, "We need our money by the end of this month, and if we don't get our money..." He eyed Chloe up and down and licked his lips. "We'll take your daughter and sell her. I think she'll make us a fine buck"
Hugh fell to his feet and put his face on his shoe. "Two months" he sobbed. "Two months, that's all I'm asking, Tom"
The man named Tom kicked Hugh in the head and he squirmed holding his skull.
