Pulling up her sleeves, she revealed every scar on her arms. Even though they weren’t the only ones, Quinn wasn’t comfortable enough like Jake to take off her clothes. Jake’s gaze led towards her brand-new ones that she had just carved. His eye’s drooped, like a sad puppy. Gently, he grazed his fingers over them.
“The new ones were because of the attack earlier,” Quinn always spoke so quietly, as if she was afraid to use her voice and speak up. It was like she was silenced her whole life. “I knew some self defense because I trained myself all through college. I knew that my family would find a way to make my life a living hell, so I had to learn to fight back somehow. The man that pinned me tonight and tried to touch me, he admitted to me that it was my mother and brother that planned th
