"Don't call her that in front of me, Mom."My voice is all roughed up against my mom, but I'm not gonna take my words back.Mom doesn't flinch. In fact, she stares closer. "Call her what? A slut?" she snaps. "That’s exactly what she is, Cairo. You picked her up from a club. You don’t know where she’s been, who she’s been with, or what kind of things she’s carrying. Those places are dirty. The girls who work there are dirty. And you brought one straight into our home? Into Skye’s home?"I step closer to her, just close enough that she has to look up at me."Mom, I know what happened to you, alright? I know what those men did. I know you spent days tied up in a warehouse, scared out of your mind. And I know that’s why you hate anyone who reminds you of that world. But Sienna isn’t one of Dominic’s people. She was just a girl trying to survive."Mom scoffs, throwing me a mocking gaze. "She took her clothes off for money, Cairo. She let men stare at her and touch her for cash. That’s not
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