Marius Fitzy narrating:

I descend the stairs towards the dining room and find my father sitting at the table while reading a newspaper.

"Good morning," I said, sitting down at the table to have my breakfast before going to the company.

"Good morning, son," my father said, closing the newspaper and looking at me.

"Where are my siblings?" I asked.

"Cristian didn't sleep at home and Eliza already left for college," he said, sipping his coffee.

"Right, where is my mother?"

"In the garden, taking care of the plants," he said.

Mom loves taking care of the garden, she says the plants make her relax.

"Right".

After eating, I said goodbye to my father and left for another day of work. Despite being twenty-eight years old, I still live with my parents, but that doesn't mean I don't have other houses. On the contrary, I have two apartments in the city center, one of them is a huge penthouse where I go when I want to be alone and where I also plan to start a family, while the other is just a normal apartment for when I want to have sex, because I don't like going to motels and I would never take any of my sexual adventures to my parents' house or where I plan to raise my children one day.

My mother doesn't mind having all her children living with her, in fact, if one day any of us leave home for good, I'm sure she will make a lot of drama.

"..."

Arriving at the company, I feel several eyes on me. Ignoring them, I go to the private elevator, where I go up to my office.

Entering my office, I see everything as I had left it the day before.

Great, I don't like when they mess with my things. Sitting at my desk, I see my secretary, Ms. Avellar, entering my office. She is a bit clumsy, but very competent.

"Good morning, Mr. Fitzy, your coffee," she said, placing it in front of me. "You have a meeting with the electronic parts suppliers in fifteen minutes and at half-past ten with the people who are designing new software."

"Thank you, Ms. Avellar, do I have any appointments in the afternoon?" I asked.

"Not at the moment," she said, looking at the tablet where I have my digital agenda.

"Right".

"Excuse me," she said, leaving.

I looked at the clock, seeing that it was almost time for my first meeting of the day. I drank my coffee, which was just the way I like it, then left my office to finally start another day of work.

"..."

As soon as I finished my last meeting, I returned to my office, where I see Cristian messing with my things. Cristian Fitzy is my brother, he is twenty-four years old and is the vice president of the company I run.

I also have a younger sister named Eliza, she is twenty years old and is studying to be a pediatrician.

"What are you doing here?" I said loudly, startling him and causing him to drop some papers he was holding.

"What a scare, Marius," he said, putting his hand on his chest, "you want to give me a heart attack."

"You were messing with my things, you know I don't like it. - I said, taking the papers from his hands that he had already picked up - and you still haven't answered me."

"I had nothing to do..."

"Tell me something I don't know? You come to the company and spend the whole day doing nothing," I said and saw him shrug.

"Continuing, and I came to invite you to go out tonight."

"I can't."

"Damn, Marius, you don't go out to have fun, you only know how to work and work."

"Someone needs to do it, right? Since you only live in revelry, Eliza is much more responsible than you," I said and he made a face.

"No one is more responsible than little Eliza, not even you," he said.

"Really," I said, picking up a bottle of whiskey and putting it in two glasses for us to drink.

"Going back to my goal, today is Friday and we are going to celebrate Logan's birthday. He invited us to go to that new club, which opened last month. - he said hopefully - Let's go, man, brothers' night?"

Cristian is a nice guy, immature sometimes, but he's nice. I feel like he does all this to get attention, he's always been like that, he likes attention and even more to receive it.

"Right, brothers' night," I said, seeing him open a huge smile.

"You're the best," he said, getting up and hugging me.

"Okay, enough," I said, moving away from him.

I picked up the phone and called Avellar to my office, a few seconds later she passed through the door and all her attention was on my brother. Since she started working here, I've seen the way she looks at him, I know he's noticed it too, but he's never done anything.

He likes attention and she gives it to him, one day when she gets tired and stops chasing him I just want to see what his reaction will be. Alisson or as I call professionally Avellar, is an incredible woman and I believe she deserves someone who values her feelings, something my brother has never done.

"Avellar, I'm going out to lunch and I'm not coming back today," I said, calling her attention, "any appointment that appears, schedule it for Monday."

"Right, Mr. Fitzy, anything else?"

"After you finish everything you have to do, you can leave."

"Ok, excuse me, Mr. Fitzy," she said, giving one last look at Cristian and soon leaving.

"She likes you," I said.

"Tell me something I don't know? She lives chasing me," he said making a face.

"Why don't you give her a chance?"

"No, she's just a secretary," he said with disdain, which makes me seethe with anger, "what will they say when they see that Cristian Fitzy, the guy who goes out with several models, is dating a secretary?"

"And what does that matter? Is she a secretary? Yes, but that doesn't define her, what defines someone is their character," I said, reprimanding him, "Alisson Avellar is a great girl, she is intelligent, competent and above all not greedy like these models you date."

"Is it over? I already understood," he said seriously, "how am I going to give someone a chance when I have no interest in her?"

"You're not obligated to go out with her, I said that just to say it, but you already came cursing the girl."

"Okay, now let's go out, because I'm hungry and then I want to cut my hair," he said, getting up.

He will still break his face with this way of his, I don't wish bad for my brother, but he needs to learn to respect others.

I nodded and we soon left.

Victoria Becker narrating:

I hate when my dad is high.

After my mom left us and went away, he started drinking and using a lot of drugs. He's usually aggressive, but he's never managed to hit me when he's high, he's tried, but he's never succeeded, I just don't leave home because I have nowhere to go.

I only have one friend, and she already helps me as much as she can, I don't have enough money to leave home and I can't just run to her house. But early this morning she invited me to sleep at her house, and since I didn't want to stay at mine watching my dad high and stinking of alcohol, talking shit, I decided to go.

Joana has been my best friend since high school, she helps me as much as she can when it comes to my dad, I'm very grateful to her for that. I'm twenty years old and I work as a waitress. I've been saving money for a long time so that one day I can leave this house and I hope that can happen soon.

[…]

"Hi, my Boo" said Joana, opening the door and hugging me.

"Hi, Jojo" I said, returning the hug.

"What's wrong, my angel?"

"My dad is high again" I said, shrugging.

"Damn, I'm so sorry" she said, stroking my hair. "I'm used to it."

"Come in, I'll order a pizza with lots of cheese just the way you like it" she said, clapping her hands excitedly, making me smile.

I entered her beautiful house, Joana isn't rich, but her parents earn well, very well indeed, so she has a comfortable life, unlike me, who has nothing.

As soon as we got to the kitchen, she picked up the phone and ordered our food.

"Where are your parents?" I asked.

"My mom traveled to buy a new collection of clothes for her store and my dad went with her" she said, sitting next to me on the kitchen stool.

"Oh, how are sales going?"

"Great, mom is super excited and my dad loves seeing her like that" she smiled.

Joana's parents' relationship is beautiful to see, they respect each other a lot and are super partners. I dream of one day having a relationship like that.

A few minutes later, the doorbell rang and Joana went to answer it, so we spent the afternoon eating pizza and watching a movie.

[…]

It was about seven in the evening and we were sprawled on the sofa with nothing to do.

"Let's go out and have some fun" she said. "Where do you want to go?"

"How about we go to a club? An acquaintance of mine owns one that opened a month ago" I said.

"I don't have clothes to go" I said.

"I'll lend you some" she said excitedly "come on, let's get ready."

After that, she dragged me to the room where we dressed up really nicely, I didn't even recognize myself.

Soon after, she ordered a taxi and we left for a night of fun. At least today, I want to forget all the problems I have and focus only on having fun, at least today, at least tonight.

Marius Fitzy narrating:

We arrived at the club and soon entered, we walked among the people until we found Logan and three more of his friends. We congratulated the birthday boy and greeted the others named Adam, Colin and Brian.

"Today I want to drink a lot" said Cristian excitedly "you will too."

"Okay, today I'll make an exception" I said and saw everyone celebrate.

So we started drinking, we talked about various subjects and looked at the women who danced sensually on the dance floor.

Logan's friends soon went to dance with the women while we continued to drink. Cristian was already animated with the drink and I know I'm no different.

A few hours later…

"I'm going to get another beer for myself" I said, but I know the others didn't hear, as they were too busy eating with their eyes the women who danced almost naked, everyone was already drunk, including me, I knew that mixing several drinks wouldn't work, but that's what we did.

I go to the bar and order the drink. The bartender asks me to wait a bit while he serves other people who have been waiting for a few minutes. The club was super crowded.

I feel an impact of a body on my back and look back, where I come across a beautiful young woman. She was brunette, with blue eyes and was very skinny, she had the appearance of a model, maybe she even is one.

"I'm sorry" she said with her angelic voice, her beautiful pink mouth formed a pout that made me want to bite it.

"No problem" I smiled.

I saw her arguing quietly with another girl who was with her, the same girl left and the beautiful brunette looked at me and smiled. Holy shit, what a beautiful smile.

"Have you been here long?" I asked.

"A few minutes" she said.

"Here's your drink" said the bartender. "Could you get one for the lady?" He nodded and asked her what she would like."She said she wanted one that had little alcohol, as she doesn't usually drink."

We continued to talk while drinking our drink, she was polite and sometimes her cheeks would turn red when I said something with a double meaning. But at a certain moment I smelled the wonderful scent of her perfume and approached her, I took her hair off her neck, leaving it free for me.

I kissed her shoulder and made a trail of kisses to her ear, where I bit her, I heard her breath gasp and her hairs bristle.

So, I took her lips in a longing kiss, her lips were soft and her mouth tasted like strawberries, her smell was great. I pull her closer to me and squeeze her waist possessively. She fit perfectly in my arms and I was loving it.

"Come" I held her hand and she followed me without question.

I took her to the men's bathroom and we entered one of the stalls, I felt her small hands pass through my abdomen trying to feel me. My hands wandered over her body too, I wanted her so much and I know she wanted me with the same intensity. I turned her back to me and opened the zipper of her little dress. After taking it off, she was only wearing small panties that drove me crazy and jealous after remembering that someone might have seen what was only mine.

Jealous and angry for thinking that, I grabbed the hem of her panties and tore them, making her let out a little scream from the fright.

"Put your hands on the wall, love" I said softly in her ear. So she did, sticking that tasty ass out to me, I took off my clothes quickly, my cock desired her and I would satisfy that desire.

Without thinking anymore, I penetrated her at once, her whiny and desirous moan made me feel like the happiest man in the world just for having that sound only for me, she made every tasty little noise that my ego inflated for being and I was providing that.

“Being inside her is like being in paradise, but destined for hell for possessing an angel”.

I wasn't drunk or at least focused on giving her pleasure. That made me forget that I had ingested alcohol and that I was under its effect. But that night I had the best sex of my life, I just didn't expect the drink to make me forget about that, forget about her…

Marius Fitz narrating:

I wake up with a hellish headache.

With great difficulty, I open my eyes and see that I'm in my room, I try to search my mind for how I got here, but I don't remember anything.

I'm never drinking again, I grumbled as I tried to get up.

I went to the bathroom, where I took a shower and did my hygiene, then I put on just my underwear and sweatpants and went downstairs to take some medicine for the hangover and headache. As soon as I got to the living room, I see my brother sprawled on the sofa with his head in our mother's lap, she was stroking his hair.

"Son, are you feeling better?" she asked, worried.

"Yes, but I need a headache medicine and try to eat something without throwing up" I said, feeling my stomach churn just talking about food.

"Yesterday, you were awful" she said. "Your brother and your father had to take you to the room, because you arrived passed out."

"You were wasted" said Cristian "and speaking of yesterday, what a hottie you got, congratulations."

"I don't remember anything" I said, feeling a stab of pain in my head. "I just remember arriving and we started drinking and then I don't remember anything else."

"I don't remember much either, but I remember you leaving and then passing by us going towards the bathroom with a woman." "said my brother" after a long time, she passed by us and you came back and sat down, you were fine or seemed to be, soon after you passed out, Logan had to help me take you to the car.

"At least I didn't pass out in front of her" I said "imagine the shame I would go through."

"I would tease you so much" said Cristian smiling.

"I just wanted to remember that girl" I said thoughtfully "never mind, now I just want to take my medicine."

"Come on, Mom will have Leonor make some soup for you" said our mother, treating us like children, do I complain? Of course not.

[…]

Victoria Becker narrating:

I feel someone shaking me, and with that, I end up waking up. I see Joana holding a pill and a glass of water.

"What's this?" I asked.

"Morning-after pill" she replied "you slept with that guy at the club and surely didn't use a condom."

"Thank you" I smiled taking the medicine.

After that wonderful sex in the bathroom with that super hot man, I ended up feeling very embarrassed and made up an excuse that I needed to leave. As soon as I left the bathroom, I looked for Joana and asked us to leave.

I smiled inwardly remembering him, those blue eyes, the soft beard and his delicious perfume, that grip of his and his muscular body that I made sure to delight in every part. Will I ever meet him again?

"Thinking about the guy from the club?" "asked my curious friend, sitting next to me."

"Yes, he was beautiful and it was so good" I smiled.

"I'm happy for you" she said excitedly. "Now let's get up to eat something and enjoy a little before you go back to your house."

I tried to enjoy that morning as much as possible, because when I got back home, my personal hell would begin.

[…]

"The slut has arrived" said my father as soon as I passed through the front door.

I remained silent as I walked towards my room.

"Where did you sleep?" he asked.

"At Joana's house" I replied.

"The other slut" he muttered.

"Don't talk about her like that" I rebuked.

"She is a slut, yes, and you too" he said, just to annoy me. Without wanting to get into an argument with him, I decided not to question and go to my room.

The weekend passed as well as possible, I stayed locked in my room most of the time, because every time I went out he would insult me or speak ill of Joana. I don't know why my father hates me so much… I was abandoned like him, I keep wondering if one day he will be that affectionate man again who played with me and called me princess.

Maybe he will never be the way he was before… the drugs have already consumed him and now only the shell of a man he once was remains. And if one day he wants to give it all up, he will have to fight a lot, but I know he will never return to normal…

Already dressed for work, I leave the room and, by some miracle, he was at the table drinking his coffee quietly. He looked at me and then lowered his head.

He is clean… at least for now, if he was always like this, it would be so wonderful.

"Good morning" I said.

"Good morning" he whispered.

We had coffee in silence, I feel a pang in my chest when I see him like this, I know that many times he tries to hit me, but it's not him at that moment, it's the drug acting and controlling him.

In the beginning, it can be liberating, but in the end it traps you and then there is no turning back, you have become its hostage.

I sigh sadly and then I get up and leave for work. I don't earn much, but it's enough to buy food for the house and still save a good amount for when I finally have enough to get out of here. My money is well kept, because my father once stole what I had saved to buy drugs. Now, Joana keeps it for me, because if I leave it at home, I can be left with nothing.

My life is not easy, but I live one day at a time and thus I survive.