Chapter 92. Stepdad’s Words

Teyana’s POV

By the time I got home that night, my body felt heavy—like every bit of energy had drained out of me.

‘What can I actually do to escape Bianca?’ I couldn’t deceive myself. I felt threatened by her, but who do I tell? If I should let anyone else that isn’t Carol know about Bianca’s threats, Bianca would surely turn rebellious and spill things she wasn’t supposed to.

That scared me. I had zero energy left inside me, and it was funny that when I thought about cuddling up with someone right now…Jeremy came to my mind.

No way. But why was my thumb hovering over his name right now? I wanted to dial it so bad and know why he called yesterday. But that would only mess up the improvements I’ve made around moving on from him.

I shook my head away from the idea.

Instead of doing what I might regret later, I went upstairs to my mother’s room, terribly scared that I might find her unconscious on the floor again, but gratefully, she was on t