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the mountains of southwestern Colorado.
So what these creature feature books are teaching me is to never go to Colorado
When Jenny turned to him, she couldn’t help but smile. It was coming up on their thirtieth wedding anniversary, twenty-three years of which he’d spent half-hidden by an unruly beard that had turned white with age. It made him look like an off-season Santa, and Christmas was her favorite time of year.
Bless.
Grabbing his hatchet from next to the front door, he ducked into the cold morning without a good-bye.
And she'd never get one
“What’s with the driveway?” Lauren asked. “It’s not a driveway,” Jane said. “It’s a nightmare.” “It’s a driveway.” “It’s a nightmare, and it’s more of a road than a driveway.
The most accurate sibling argument ive read in a book
There was something about Ryan that held her attention—the way he carried himself, graceful and self-assured; the way he leaned against the table, his feet crossed at the ankles. He was one of those people who seemed always ready to be photographed even while doing the most everyday things;
You mean hes a white trustfund baby?
“Alessandra,” Jane said. “From Milan.”
Alisssarrrrndra from Meelarn 😏🙄
“Werewolves,” Ryan said flatly. “That or serial killers.”
Wendigos
“Wolves like in that one movie, the one with Liam Neeson.”
The Grey is a fantastic movie. As is Frozen - no, not the Disney one.
“Like Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” Ryan added. “But, you know, with snow instead of Texas.”
Like Until Dawn
“Sure there are,” Ryan cut in, not allowing his sister to answer. “Giant mutant wolves that stalk the forest at night, looking for fresh meat.”
I mean, wouldnt that just be a werewolf or wendigo?
“Don’t listen to him,” Jane told her. “He’s an idiot.”
Lisa Simpson voice: Ignore my husband, he's just an idiot
She grabbed Don’s gun from beside the front door. They’d noticed the wolves early this year, the beasts stalking through the trees in search of prey; yet another reason why Don should have known better. He had his ax, but he wasn’t young anymore. If a pack fell on him…
I'll pray for you old girl
That haunting cry surrounded her on all sides, at first distant, but slowly growing louder until it transformed completely. The last thing she heard was a rattling growl. The last thing she saw was a shadow sprint across the snow.
Honestly im glad she died before seeing Don's body
this being their final visit, it was all the more important to make this trip count.
You have no idea how right you are
“Drink it for three days and you won’t remember the difference. Same goes for quitting smoking.” “No shit?” “That’s what they say.”
Inaccurate
Scooping up a gloveful of snow, Ryan packed it into a loose snowball and launched it at Oona’s feet. She barked, burying her nose in the ground where it exploded, searching for the ball that must have been hiding there. Lauren laughed from atop the deck as Ryan packed another, letting it zip by the dog’s nose. Oona snapped at it with her teeth, baffled yet again when it vanished into thin air as soon as it hit the ground.
Poor dumb bitch
She was just the kind of girl Ryan pictured Sawyer ending up with. Dark. Mysterious. Also a fan of funeral attire. She looked glamorous in her military-inspired coat, a black scarf that matched Sawyer’s hat wrapped around her neck.
sounds cute tbh
“Still forever attending funerals, I see.” Ryan raised an eyebrow at Sawyer’s all-black ensemble—a style Sawyer hadn’t been able to shake since high school. “They don’t start with ‘fun’ for nothing,”
Dead
“They’re creepy as hell.”
Ferret’s are adorable wdym
“The only woman in my life,” he teased, and Sawyer choked back a laugh. “Here we go.” Sawyer waited for the punch line. And she’s a real bitch.
Lololol
The two of them hadn’t had an honest conversation in nearly ten years, their last one emotional enough to remain a vivid memory. But that had been high school. Nobody should be held accountable for the bad choices they made between freshman and senior years.
Jfc the way they spoke about them I assumed they’d been broken up for 1-2 years, not over TEN YEARS.
She took a backward step, feeling as plastic as possible. “I like your coat,” she said, unsure how to continue. How’s it like to be with the guy I still think about?
Therapy isn’t that expensive babe, get some.
His face was virtually gone, eaten away, leaving little more than a skull wrapped in tattered, bleeding flesh. She reeled back, her cries stifled by air that simply wouldn’t come. She was suffocating, stumbling backward. Blood bubbled from where his lips used to be, and that was when she caught enough of a breath to scream. He was still alive;
Yikes
Michael Adler doting on the girlfriend he had brazenly brought with him to the ceremony, their mother keeping her eyes averted and her emotions in check. After a dozen years apart, they still couldn’t sit at the same table without trying to tear each other’s throats out.
Well no wonder you dont know how to move on...
She smiled as her friends started to filter into the kitchen. Sawyer touched her elbow as he followed April in, and Jane closed her eyes after they had passed.
Bro is out here looking to cheat
“I don’t like musicals. They give me the creeps.” “She won’t even watch Rocky Horror,” Sawyer told them. “You know, we used to call Sawyer Frank N. Furter back in high school,”
Shes not the one boo
“And that is why you should watch Rocky Horror,” Ryan concluded. “Because Sawyer used to be a sweet transvestite.” April forced a smile, then covered her mouth, hiding a yawn. Jane looked down to her plate, a pang of irritation scratching at her heart. April wasn’t even trying. She wanted to ask her why she had even bothered to come at all. But she swallowed her annoyance
I hope she dies first
Everything was different. Ryan was leaving. She and Sawyer felt like strangers. The house already felt like a memory. And then there was that girl, screwing it all up.
Wow poor Lauren doesnt even get a mention
It was the reason he had left for Boston: to become a sound engineer,
Audio engineer lol
She saw the way they were with each other, amazed that a pair of siblings could be as in sync as they were. It made her jealous. She could never be like that with Kevin. She’d hardly spoken to her older brother, or any of her crazy family, in over a year. They were all two-faced, dramatic, needy.
Mood
“I like your friends.” It was a bald-faced lie. These were the kind of people who made going to school a living hell for her. Ryan all but made her skin crawl with how much he reminded her of the jocks, the preps, the guys who twisted their faces up in judgment as the girl in the combat boots and ankle-length duster tried to make her way to class. Lauren had most certainly been on the volleyball team; probably dated the quarterback and wore the homecoming crown.
Vibe
She’d always been a bad liar. If she had been better at it she would have laughed it up at the dinner table with the rest of them, convinced them all that, oh yeah, The Sound of Music was her favorite, that she’d grown up watching Mary Poppins and Oklahoma! and whatever other ridiculous musicals she could think of on the spot. She would have convinced Sawyer that she did like his friends
Theres nothing wrong with not masking.
If Ryan wanted to leave his dog outside in the cold, that was his problem. It would have been nice if the guy had an ounce of courtesy and realized the husky was probably keeping people up, but what was she supposed to do, march down the hall and demand Ryan let Oona in?
If it were me id just go let the dog in myself.
“All day?” Sawyer asked. “Ape, you’re going to be bored out of your mind.” “I don’t care,” she told him, growing more insistent by the second. “I don’t want to do this. I know I said I did…” “You said you did.” “I know.”
Thats what shes saying fam... She's allowed to change her mind. Dont have a sook when shes not.
“See you later,” he said, then readjusted his board against his shoulder. She took a step toward him to give him a parting kiss, but he didn’t notice, too distracted by his friends.
Nah he just didnt want to kiss you infront of Jane
For all she knew, she’d never see Ryan Adler again. And despite feeling bad for Sawyer losing touch with a friend, she couldn’t help but feel a little satisfied. They were about to start a new life together, and she didn’t need the poster boy of perfection hanging around and screwing it up.
Babe unless you're pregnant hes not choosing you
Sawyer had been even worse. He had scared his mother half to death when she found a dead bird stuffed in their freezer between two pints of Blue Bell ice cream, frozen solid in a ziplock bag.
Mm yeah thats weird
“But these tracks…” “Weird shoes,” Sawyer said. “Are you kidding?” Ryan shook his head at that. “These aren’t shoes, man.” “No.” Sawyer took a backward step. “Haven’t you seen those highly attractive Five Finger shoes people are wearing
Why are white people always trying to rationalise spooky shit?
Ryan couldn’t get it out of his head. Something, or someone, was out there, and close to the cabin. It made him uncomfortable. It wasn’t safe.
Then leave wtf why stay...
“Water?” “There was only diet soda left. Figured you’d want water instead.” She grimaced and took a drink, wrinkling her nose at him before placing the glass onto the end table next to her side of the bed.
What psycho doesnt drink water
“What the hell is this?” Their eyes locked. He was the first to look away. “I knew it,” she hissed, sliding off the bed and stomping through the room. She snatched her shirt off the floor like a matador waving a cape at a bull. “This is why you didn’t want me to come up here with you, right? So you could fuck her instead of me?” “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” He was shooting for indifference, fending off the nausea that was clawing its way up his throat. April was right: he yearned for a random run-in in an empty room, just him and Jane, so he could apologize and maybe, just maybe,
...more
Changed my mind. Im on team April.
because there was no better cure for a hangover than sleep.
Disagree
Metallica’s Master of Puppets on repeat.
Why on repeat... Its not even their best song.
For whom the bell tolls is but i still wouldnt listen to it on repeat all night...
He stared at their sinewy legs as they dodged each other. His world went black as they snarled at each other, the sound reminding Pete of hog hunting with his pop. The kitchen table turned over next to his head.
Just die already jfc
the last thing Pete heard was the snapping of his own neck.
Thank fuck for that. Sis realistically would of been dead minutes ago. He sure as shit wouldnt have been playing tug o war with his insides...
She wanted to openly roll her eyes and ask her where it was that April planned on going in such weather, and then banish her to the upstairs study like the unwelcome little bitch she was.
Nah cunt you're just obsessed with your
childhood boyfriend which is super weird.
“There are plenty of rooms. She didn’t mind spending an entire day alone in the fucking lodge, but now she can’t sulk on her own in here? What’s the difference?”
Thats a joke right?
“You don’t have to do this. A kid doesn’t have to come with vows anymore.” “Ryan, move,” Sawyer said, but Ryan refused.
Wtf is with these people. Who tries to purposely get someone back with their ex KNOWING they've just knocked up their gf who they dont love.
“We’ll see you again,” April told her. “At the wedding, for sure.”
Cop that bitch. Learn your place.
He couldn’t help but think that maybe Ryan had been right—April was a mistake. Because what kind of a girl stooped so low as to break such important news in such a cold, calculated way? What kind of a girl was willing to destroy his dearest relationships because she was pissed?
You were thinking about your ex while fuxking your pregnant fiance. You dont get the moral high ground here champ.
