The Wrong Daughter

by Dandy Smith

‘And we’re sure it’s Olivia?’

Uhhh no

I feel a twinge of envy that she grew up with a parent who supported her dreams. Even when those dreams consisted of being a Broadway

Me toooo

‘And what did you talk about?’

Shes too inquisitive for comfort

That, at least to her, I matter.

because it is a fact that men’s razors are better and less expensive than the ones sold to women.

If this isnt the truth

‘Honestly, Caitie, it might do you some good to book in with your sister’s therapist.’

Ughhhh so patronizing

Is that woman really my sister? And if she isn’t, who is she and what does she

Nooo she is not

‘I have all these things yet my happiness feels dull, like an echo.’

Unfulfilled

‘Myles, let’s talk about this tomorrow when everyone is less

Finally the mother stands up for her

That sounds more plausible than being stalked by a man in a Venetian mask who no one else can see.

The rationalization yet undermining your own intuition

my family and now my fiancé, too

Wow she is actually wicked

I take the lipstick from her and place it back on the drawer. ‘Didn’t you read about it in her diaries?’ She raises an eyebrow. This is the first time I have been brave enough, bold enough, to land an arrow of suspicion so close to the mark.

YES GO OFF LET HER KNOW THAT YOU KNOW

It isn’t fine to be stalked by a nutjob in a mask. It isn’t fine that he broke into your house. It isn’t fine that he put his hands on you. Nothing about this is fine.’

Finally someone is believing her

And then I walk away before I change my mind.

I lowkey ship giddeon and caitlyn ala gone girk w the therapist and patient dynamin

‘Art?’ It bursts from me, an accusation. ‘Are you fucking kidding?’

Olivia seems to be 'taking over her life' literalky mirroring her ambitions and life

‘Olivia can’t play piano.’

Is olivia elinor????

mufti

It’s rare to meet someone who holds so much power over others but chooses to use it to lift people up, instead of taking them down.’

some fault with the sample and when the police asked for another test a week later, Olivia said she’d been poked and prodded enough, and your parents backed her.’

Her parents are soooo naive

‘Simon Briggs. The man who took Olivia.’

Hmmn seems too convenient that they found him

‘He’s dead, Caitie. Has been dead for weeks.

So who was the assailant and was simon realky him??? what if olivia killed him to make caitkyn seem unjutified and mad

His former workplace provided us with a handwriting sample which matched the note signed by Briggs.’

It could have been written under duress

But how can I expect him to believe me if I never explain why I feel the way I do? So I list off all the oddities.

She probs feels dejected

thirty, there’s still time to change track. If I’ve got another forty years of working, I want to make sure that whatever career I choose, it’s one that will make me happy.’

Take a note from gemma!!!

‘Keeping it from you has been so hard.’

Was sam his publisher then?!?!?! Id feel so violated

‘Caitie,’ his voice cracks. ‘I didn’t mean to fall in love with you that summer but I did, and I don’t regret a second of our lives together.’

Wowwwww was she just hs subject, his specimeb. God im mad

‘IT’S EXACTLY LIKE THAT.’

TELL HIMMMMMM

knew her before I knew you.’

Was he the boy on the bus?!?!!?

‘I’m The Boy on the Bus.’

BROOOO

Tightens and burns. I can’t catch my breath. He doesn’t love me enough to fix the damage he has done. He doesn’t love me enough to even

No he loves his career more than her and now hes being patronizing and manipulative...this is why olivia 'didnt think oscar was right for caitkyn'...she wanted him all to himself

that for the first time in her life, her brother is not her safe place.

Yesss booba he is unsafe for you..youve got to leave.

She’d felt sorry for him. She’d wanted to comfort him. She’d hoped it was the start of a more meaningful connection with him.

He showed some humanity and humility

Resentment towards her brother grows within her like black mould. Because of him, she knows the smell of human blood. Because of him, she knows the ache of muscles after hours spent digging a grave.

Wow she used to idolize him but now he is to be feared

More than anything, she wishes she could slip into another family and become someone else entirely.

OLIVIA?!?! But not Olivia

then why does she care who I’m in a relationship with?

I tell him about all the places I want to visit and admit the reason I never did was because of Oscar.

Ughhhh i hope gideon is good

‘Some people can’t love without destroying what they care for most,’ he says.

Perhaps my sister is the person behind the mask,

But Gideon isn’t Oscar, he’s doing the most selfless thing he can. He cares enough about me to encourage me to chase my ambitions, not to stand in the way of them.

Ughhhhh just get together already!!!

in pasta and gelato and use my time there to plan the rest of my travels.

We love an eat pray love moment

‘Honestly? I have almost nothing left to take from you. I have your friends, your parents, and, if I wanted, I’m pretty sure I could have your fiancé too. I could keep kicking you while you’re down, but where’s the fun in that?’

Gosh i do not like olivia she makes me so uncomfortable and how could a sister lie like that

I realise now that Olivia is the wife he claimed to be separated from. The one who encouraged him to see other people. To see me. Am I to be his next wife? The way he’s looking at me with hunger and heat, makes revulsion slither down my spine. ‘You aren’t a therapist?’ I ask, trying to steer the conversation

Ih ny gksh nooooo giddeon is also complicit

her. Olivia had a choice to tell you and your family and the police all about me and Ledbury Hall, but instead she chose to come back. She chose me.’

Stockholm syndrome??

‘I’m sorry, Olivia. For everything. Goodbye.’

It wasnt a suicide note....by gosh simon didnt do a thing. Just manipukated too and killed as a result to maintain tge ruse

‘I think they were closer than siblings should be.’

Thats what i think too

All in the name of alienating me from those I loved.

So is olivia evil or suffering from this farce and stockholm syndrome

‘He followed her all the way back to Bath. All the way back to her house. When he returned to Ledbury Hall, he couldn’t stop talking about her. A few weeks later, she was here.’

Ewwww hes a stalker and she was his prey....so heath was the boy on the bus or was that still oscar??? im so confused. All i know is that heath is giddeon and vice versa!

loneliness

The trope of loneliness is so emphatic in this book

‘We aren’t all getting out of here alive.’

NOOOOO (in sarcasm)

It was never for my wedding to Oscar. It was always for my wedding to Heath. I take a deep, steadying breath, swallowing the burn of fear.

Nooooo the wedding was a set up!! Gish darn