Chapter 1
Laura’s POV
I stared at my phone screen, my thumb frozen over Mom’s text, reading the words again and again like maybe they’d change if I glared hard enough.
“Honey, your dad and I are heading out for that conference tomorrow. It’s last minute but we need you to stay with Jake and Tyler for the week. Their place is closer to your college anyway. Pack your stuff and head over after class. Love you.”
My stomach did this slow, uncomfortable flip as I let the phone drop onto my comforter.
Of all the shitty timing, a whole week trapped in that pigsty apartment with my two stepbrothers, the same two who spent every waking hour either lifting weights, playing video games, or—let’s be real—jerking off to porn on loop with their doors cracked just enough that you could hear the w
