She had seen this before. She knew that you could put it all in a little box and close it up later, that you could go on with your life if you didn't sleep too much, didn't breathe too much, didn't li...
Proactive interference, Paul would have explained. It’s when previously acquired information inhibits our ability to process new information.
Press evenly, the praying mantis said, chewing off the wings of a fly.
Paul must have watched the tapes on the same VCR that Lydia and Claire had seen in the Fuller house. Claire imagined her young, awkward husband sitting in front of the television watching his dead fat...
Or any number of the jobs she’d tried and failed at before seeing a story in The Atlanta Journal about women police officers being trained for motorcycle patrol. Motorcycle patrol! Kate laughed at her...
Lydia's vingers stuitten op de lege bodem van de chipszak. Ze voelde zich ellendig. Ze had die chips helemaal niet gewild. Na de eerste hap proefde ze ze eigenlijk niet eens meer.
Life was like that. You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.
LEARN HOW TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH OR I WILL KILL YOU. LOVE MOM.
If you love someone, you don’t go out of your way to hurt them. You don’t torture them. You don’t terrify them or make them live in constant fear. That’s not how love works. It’s not how normal people...
I loved him. I know you don’t want to believe that, but I really, truly, giddy, heart-breaking, longing, achingly loved him.
I found this. He put the briefcase on the table and opened the locks. She saw a stack of papers, an evidence bag with a red seal. He pulled a college notebook with a blue plastic cover from one of the...
He was headstrong, and stupid, and handsome, which gave him cover for a hell of a lot of the mistakes he continually made-the same mistakes, over and over again, because why try new ones when the old...
He is a man who is comfortable airing his opinions, and confident that every single word that comes out of his mouth is not just correct, but fascinating. He has money, which is evident from the car h...
Evil people can do good. Good people can do evil. Why does this happen sometimes? Because it’s Tuesday.
Dr. Carroll, the warden said, his voice sounding like Foghorn Leghorn, Ben Carver is a psychopath. He’s incapable of empathy or remorse. If you see something human in him, that’s only because he’s pla...
Come on, Mitchell. Collier was like a puppy nipping at her heels. I know you checked me out. What’d your mom say? Faith made an educated guess. That you’re cocky and prone to mistakes. He grinned. I k...
Coach Henley gave his whistle two short blasts to get the team moving. The Westerly Women ambled over and formed a half circle. The Mothers stamped their feet on the bleachers, trying to build excitem...
Claire lunged toward her desk. She opened the drawer. Lydia’s file was still hidden inside. Claire’s relief was so pronounced that she wanted to cry. She touched her fingers to her cheek. She was cryi...
Claire didn’t understand the appeal of being drugged. She had thought the purpose was to make you numb, but if anything, she was feeling everything much too intensely. She couldn’t shut down her brain...
As if they could understand what she had been through. As if they knew what it was like to be strong and invincible one day and completely powerless the next.