Choose Me

by Tess Gerritsen

Ms. Lorraine Conover, age forty-six, a sales clerk at Macy’s with no criminal record.

Sometimes there are no second chances at happiness. Sometimes, merely being content with your life is enough.

God damn bro mans really just got shutttt down

Because dads who left their families never kept any of the promises they made. They didn’t want visits. They didn’t want to be reminded of the kids they’d abandoned. They wanted to forget they even existed.

“She’s still shook up about that last miscarriage, isn’t she?” Charlie said. “She took it pretty hard. We both did.” “That happened a year ago, Jack.” “Doesn’t make it hurt any less.” “I know, I know. But you’re both still young. You’ve got plenty of time to have kids.

Ew

And an image floated into his mind. A woman with tawny eyes, her windblown hair streaked with sunlight.

Oh shit

“Because feeling uncomfortable is what a college education is all about—being exposed to disturbing aspects of human experience. We’re talking about twentysomething adults who are exposed to a lot worse in the daily news. I’m not going to infantilize them.”

And thinking: Thank you, Taryn.

Why would he order alcohol, lowkey unprofessional

“No, it doesn’t. But if what you propose is what actually happened, that would mean . . .” “This wasn’t a suicide,” says Frankie.

Girl ur crazy

Bro she’s lowkey pissing me off, like girl do u not realize how inappropriate this is

oh oh shit

“That was wonderful,” she whispered. “That was everything I dreamed it would be.” He didn’t answer. He simply lay beside her in silence, thinking that he had just lost something precious. And he would never get it back.

I’m so uncomfortable

Ewwwwww

EW EW EW EW EW EW FUCKING NASTY BRO

He’s psychotic

He grabbed her hands as though to stop her, but she could feel he was already hard and ready for her. It took only a few strokes to make him surrender. With a groan, he shoved her toward the sofa, spun her around, and took her from behind.

But he did not love her, and he’d never suggested they had a future together. He would never leave Maggie for her. And he was determined to tell her this point-blank the next time they were alone. He had led them both astray, and he was the one who would take full responsibility.

How much U wanna bet, she preggo

She beamed. “Are you ready to be called Daddy?” He stared at her, not certain he’d actually heard what she’d said. “Oh God. Really? Really?”

Oh shit, miss you are a fucking psychopath

But Taryn was the one her husband lusted after.

Bro she’s crazy

AYOOOOO MS DORIAN LOOK OUT

Damn man

LMAOOOO

She could be insane. She could be dangerous. This much he did know: if she wanted to, she could destroy him.

I KNEW THE BABY WAS HIS WHEN FRANKIES POV TOLD US BUT I FORGOT ABOUT THATTT UNTIL RN DAMN

That makes it sound like he pushed her off the balcony

OH FUCK IS THIS THE NIGHT SHE DIES

She is sick in the head omg

SO SHE MADE A PLAN THAT WOULD DESTROY DORIAN AFTER SHE DIED SO THAT HE WOULDNT EXPECT IT?!?!

Oh shit an after chapter from Dorian

Hmmm I wonder

Oh crap, I mean, maybe

Dorian!!!!

The pills that he took made me forgot going there like he was saying before

Oh shit

Oh crappy crap

Man i think he did it

Oh, wow, sorry bae

Oh shit it was Cody

“I’m the one who loved her.” He thumped his chest. “I was the only one. Not you and not Liam. Not even her own father.” “Cody, I did not kill her. I wasn’t anywhere near her place when she died. I was home in bed.” “Nobody else wanted her dead, only you. Nobody else had a reason.” “What about you, Cody? Didn’t you have a reason?” “What?” “You loved her, but did she ever love you?”

Where oh where could dear miss Maggie be

Oh shitttttt, something’s about to go DOWNNNNN

i feel like she’s using a lot of her anger from what happened with her husband