The Interview (The Whittingtons, #1)

by Donna Alam

“Greg?” He glances up from the screen, brows riding high on his head. “What’s wrong with Greg?” “What’s right with him?” “You can’t object to a name.” “I think you’ll find I can object to whatever the fuck I like.”

“I’m beginning to think you’re the kind of person who, when faced with a red flag, just sprinkles glitter on it.”

“Daddy is a mindset, darling. It doesn’t come with age restrictions.” “Daddy is…” Her eyes slide over me avariciously. “So hot on you.”

Anyway, Doreen had ended the call with a cheery, be good! before adding, but if you can’t be good, be careful!

A half-eaten bar of Godiva chocolate in the fridge, not with squares snapped off, but with teeth marks.

Psychotic

He glowers down at my heels as though they just cursed his lineage.

4. Don’t live in the cages other people build for you. Fly. Run, and not just because you feel like you’re being chased for a change. Frolic. Have fun. Fuck—yes, fuck. The thing you were taught not to want, the expression of life itself. Do it. Enjoy it.