Love My Friends with Benefits novel Chapter 5

I dodged, but he still managed to land a blow on my shoulder blade. Pain rippled through me.

Though my father was not exactly young, he was still well-built and strong. He had not held back with that blow, and it eradicated the remaining shreds of hope I still had for him.

"Don't you have any respect for your elders? I'm going to teach you a lesson today!"

As he spoke, he swung the mop at me again. This second blow broke the handle in half.

I almost passed out from this, but I continued to run my mouth. "Beat me to death right here and now if you dare. What right does a man who abandoned his wife and child have to teach me a lesson?"

This enraged him even more. He stalked towards me, wanting to give me another blow, but Aunt Nancy stopped him.

"Queena, run, hurry up and run..." she shouted at me as she held my father back.

If I were to stay here, he probably would actually beat me to death.

I could not let them off the hook so easily by dying just like that. My mother had died cowardly, and I could not allow myself to end up like her.

Aunt Nancy held on to my father desperately to stop him from pouncing on me. I suppressed the pain in my back and took the opportunity to dart out the door.

I almost ran right into Phoebe the moment I was out of the villa. I looked up at her, looking completely dishevelled.

She was wearing a long, white dress with a floral print. Her curls fell over her shoulders, and she was exquisitely made-up. She looked as pure and innocent as she always pretended to be.

"Oh, Queena, what's wrong?" she said in faux surprise.