A Stranger at the Door (Rachel Marin Thriller, #2)

by Jason Pinter

not yourself. Because when you let those things weigh you down, they drag down people you care about. I know that from experience.”

“One day,” Penny’s mother had said, “and I don’t know when that will be, but it will come, you’ll feel bad for all those sad, shallow people. Because they have hate in their hearts. And only unhappy people have hate in their hearts. One day their hate will wash off you like water because you can live a happy life despite their ignorance. But they’ll always be hateful, and they’ll always be unhappy.”

“I hope being an asshole works out for you one day.”

Ruddock had no idea if Brice had read all, or any, of the books, but they looked fantastic in his home, and Ruddock supposed that was partly the point.