Behind Closed Doors

by B.A. Paris

‘You obviously get on well with her,’ Esther remarks.

I dont like her

they refused to listen and, as the adoption procedure got underway, I took an overdose.

Goddamn

‘I just want you to know that wherever we live, there will always be a place for Millie.’

‘Don’t be so hysterical, it doesn’t suit you. Something’s come up, I’ll see you in the morning.’

Bro???

‘There,’ said Jack, once she’d left. ‘Happy?’

Yikes

‘The dream is over, I’m afraid.’

‘Do you realise what you’ve done, do you realise that you’ve sold your soul to me?

???

‘There is no housekeeper,’ he whispered.

The puppy!!!!!!!

The door opens and he stands in the doorway, my handsome, psychopathic husband.

Lol

‘The knowledge that the father could instil such terror into another human being turned the boy’s fear of him into admiration and he began to emulate him.

And, as he looked down at her smashed and bloodied face, he thought she had never looked more beautiful.

You are not my reward, Grace, Millie is.’

‘You’re the one who’s mad,’ I hissed. ‘Obviously.’

Lol

He gave the manager a rueful smile. ‘Thank you for letting me know she was here.

A lady comes out and Jack’s hand grips my elbow tightly as a reminder that I’m not to tell her my husband is a psychopath.

the shading in the book is not Esther’s work, but Jack’s.

‘Jack bad man, very bad man. He push me, he push me down stairs!’

‘Yes, you understand.’ Millie is adamant. ‘It simple, Grace. We kill Jorj Koony.’

Periodt

‘And my parents?’ I demanded. ‘How will you explain our disappearance to them?’ ‘I’ll probably just kill them. Now, get up to your room.’

Bro