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    Tessa pulled free, and Lucas grabbed for her as she turned to run out the door. She tripped and hit her head on his dresser.
    Lucas pulled her up and looked at her eye. His eyes changed, he looked less fucked up and more concerned.
    “Don’t you ever fucking touch me again,” she yelled as she tried to pull her arm away again, “Let go of me or I will scream.”
    “ Lucas let the bitch go, we are still waiting,” Jamie said.
    “ALEX! ” she screamed.
    Lucas let go of her, and she ran down the stairs.
    Alex was at the bottom, “Take me home now please.”
    ~
    Lucas picked up his shirt and threw it on, “You can leave now.”
    “Really?”
    From his look, they knew he was very serious.
    “You served your purpose,” he growled.
    Lucas walked downstairs and Tommy grabbed him, “What the fuck just happened?”
    “Just doing what needs to be done,” Lucas laughed and pulled away.
    Jade slapped him across the face.
    “You should be fucking thanking me , Jade,” Lucas snapped and walked into the bathroom.
    Madison and Jamie walked down t he stairs, and Tommy saw them. He knew exactly what Lucas had done and he knew he couldn’t tell Jade.
    ~
    Alex and Phoebe took Tessa home: not a word was spoken.  Tessa went in the bathroom and quietly sobbed. How could he ? She thought, she looked in the mirror and her eye was black and blue.
    “Shit.”
    She washed her face and brushed her teeth and then walked out into the living room past Alex and Phoebe and grabbed a bag of peas from the freezer and put it on her eye.
    “Did he hit you Tessa?” Alex growled.
    “No , actually I hit him and then my dumb ass fell and smacked my head on his dresser.”
    “That’s good. I would’ ve killed him. Tessa, what happened?”
    “Nothing Alex and I can g uarantee I’m done.”
    The next morning Lucas called the Spot and told Josie he wouldn’t be able to work there anymore.
    “Bullshit, boy--- I need you on Saturday nights. Tessa called an hour ago and changed her schedule. Does this have anything to do with that?” Josie asked.
    “No. O kay—I’ll be there,” Lucas said.
    ~
    Break was over on Monday and Tessa walked in to school with a black and blue eye. She walked past the boys looking down. Lucas saw her eye and slammed his locker and walked the other way.
    ~
    On Wednesday night, she was at her mother’s. She sat alone in the small apartment bedroom and thought about what to do next.
    Later that night she helped her mom wash dishes, “Mom, I want to go visit Aunt Ann.”
    “At the Cape?” Maggie asked.
    “Yep, just for a long weekend. I figured I could take a bus. I really need this. We have a three day weekend coming up, and I could miss a day of school. Can I please?” Tessa’s voice broke
    “Of course Tessa, of course,” Maggie hugged her.

Chapter 3
    Tessa got off the Greyhound bus and immediately saw her great Aunt’s big car that she had driven since Tessa could remember. It was a pale yellow 1960’s Dodge Dart still in mint condition.
    “Hello Tessa,” Ann hugged her tightly, “Look at you!”
    Ann and Tessa hugged for a long time. Both had tears falling but not because they were sad, they were happy to see one another. It had been far too long.
    Ann handed Tessa the keys to the car, and Tessa drove to the beach house . Ann and her late husband Fred built the house themselves over forty years ago.
    Tessa and Ann walked into the house hand in hand. Tessa smiled as she watched Ann grab the bucket of scraps under the sink and put them in a dish outside the door facing the parking lot.
    Ann didn’t waste anything. Bread bags, tin foil, and glass jars were always washed and reused. Thanksgiving turkey carcasses and ham bones were made into delicious soups. She washed clothes and hung them on the line even in the winter and only used the dryer if she had to. She believed careful planning could save time and lots of money. She loved all people regardless of what others thought. She was very