Chapter 13. Pressure from Her Parents

The next day, Lisa continued with her school as usual. Sofia and Victoria were to return to Vegas two days later, so she just dragged herself on. Her parents had resorted to physical violence, and she was confused about taking Laurence’s help. She didn’t wish to bother him, knowing that he was too depressed as the days passed by. She hardly met him recently. Ever since he got married to Serenity, he stayed away from home and came home very late in the night and left early, too. During the weekend, he went on a tour to California and Lisa again didn’t meet him.

School was over for the day and she walked towards the main gate when suddenly she remembered what she had told Liam last evening. She rushed towards the back gate and gasped to see Liam on his motorcycle, waiting for her with a grin on his face. Lisa was delighted to see him. She ran up to him and went into his outstretched arms, clinging to him, embedding her face in his neck. She inhaled his fresh and exhilarating scent as