Kara lay in her cot, her body burning in pain as she struggled to draw her next breath. The night had been as horrific as Trent had warned her it would be. Once Vanessa had come home, Travis had wasted no time in telling her about the events of the school day. At least, his version of them. There had been no opportunity to argue or clarify any of the descriptions he had given. It had been automatically assumed that what he said was one hundred percent true.
The price for that particular story had been a high one.
There was not a place on her body that was not covered in bruises or open cuts. Her face was swollen from the blows that both Vanessa and Alex had delivered while screaming about her trying to bring about unwanted attention. At one point, Trent had tried to intervene by distrac
