Hide Away (Dark Matter Security Book 4) by JJ Grice

Author:JJ Grice [Grice, JJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-03-16T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Jax

Growing up, I always hated my life. I hated my family and everything they stood for. Most people look at shows like The O.C. and Gossip Girl, or even Gilmore Girls, and get a glamorized view of being high powered and wealthy. Those shows give off the stigma that money is the biggest issue most people have. That when you’re a teenager in high society, life is all about debutante balls, partying, having sex, and defying your parents. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. In the world I grew up in, if you defied your family and their wishes, being cut off or having your car taken away was the least of your worries. Usually betrayal like that ended up with days locked in your room with no food or water. If you were allowed to leave, it was because there would be eyes on you. A social gathering of some kind that you had to act like you wanted to be at.

The day I told my parents I was gay when I was fifteen years old, was followed by me being tied down to my bed and my father parading naked women around me to show me what I would be missing. Then I was left in my room for four days without even the ability to go to the bathroom. When I was finally “released” it was because it was my parents' anniversary and they were having a party for all of their high society friends. I was forced to spend the entire night dancing with their friends' daughters and pretending to be straight.

The day before my eighteenth birthday, I snuck out of the house and went to the local Army recruitment office. The next morning, I packed my bags and told my parents I was leaving. As I expected, they told me that if I walked out their door then I shouldn’t even dream of coming back. I told them to fuck off, and I haven’t looked back since. It was a sad and twisted reality that I grew up in, and even living the way I do now I feel more free than I ever did in Connecticut.

And the only saving grace I felt about my life was the fact that my parents never had more kids, so they didn’t have anyone else to subject to their sick torturous ways.

Staring at the monitor, seeing the face of the sibling I never knew I had, I can’t help but wonder if his life would have turned out differently if he had grown up the way I did. Would he have ended up with a better life, or would it just have been a different path to take to get him where he is now.

“How do you want to play this?” I’m a little surprised by Alec’s question, since he’s usually the one giving the orders. None of us ever question him because he’s good at what he does and he knows how to best use our individual strengths.

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