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They need this. Her, or someone like her. There aren’t many people like her.
“This Lewis girl,” Raymond says. “She survived the Huxton thing, right? How many did Huxton do? Nine?” “Nine,” Cooper confirms. “So number ten got lucky.”
“It had nothing to do with luck. She didn’t get rescued. She fought. Escaped.”
Travis Bell. He’s Barton Bell’s kid? From the Gutmunsson case?
older sister, Roberta,
Guilt doesn’t help anybody.
She finds the sight of his profile steadying.
Ugh they're gonna fall in love
Emma feels that twitch in her legs again
Bell acts like law enforcement, though, and he seems to know the right way to talk. Emma’s already noticed that his social intelligence is far from standard-issue.
When was the last time she felt easy enough in a new acquaintance’s presence that she could fall asleep beside them? She can’t remember.
Yup. In love
thoughts of Emma Lewis. He’s never met anyone so guarded.
What it is about him that breaks Cooper’s diamond-hard control.
Simon Gutmunsson’s cell sits exactly where the altar should be.
Anthony Hoyt,
the results of the treatments have been outstanding.
Hoyt has felt the presence of the barn nearby like a fizz in his blood.
He takes them from one town and dumps them in another.
Every time they looked at the pages in the case file, she felt a knot inside herself tighten.
“Lena’s still angry with me. I just gotta let it go. I keep reminding myself she can’t stay pissed forever.”
Bell's sister - why is she mad at him?
Somewhere—somewhere close, Emma’s sure—the Pennsylvania killer is considering his next move.
It's probs them that he's watching lol
Emma finds it disturbing, the idea that her visit to Simon Gutmunsson is still written on her somehow.
“You must never apologize for the puppies,”
True lol
If she were ever to go insane, Emma reflects, she would like this to be her resting place: a bungalow in a honeysuckle garden, with a gambol of puppies and thoughtful staff.
Sign me up
Pradeep is very good at maintaining an appropriate tone. It’s a social skill Emma has never quite mastered.
Emma and Bell
Started using Emma's first name but still using Travis's last. Hmm…
New-made ghosts live inside those walls, and now she’s not sure she wants to know them.
We had dogs when I was a child—Father’s hunters—but after Simon shot them, Mother said we couldn’t have any more pets.”
EXCUSE MEEEEEE WHAT
Among the weirdest collection of handbag items Bell has ever seen—an acorn, a handkerchief, three red leaves, a cork from a bottle, dried rose petals, a stub of pencil—is a loosely folded piece of notepaper.
U ok girlie?
self-soothing habit, the way Kristin plays with strands of her hair as she talks.
but you need to learn to pick your battles, or you’ll end up dashing yourself to pieces.”
Gutmunssons’ cool beauty,
Will Kristin be a victim?
“The legend goes that Siegfried bathed in the dragon’s blood, and it made him invincible.”
University English departments aren’t generally very welcoming toward the FBI.”
Lol
Scott says. She turns to Emma. “I’d like you to let me know what you find out from Simon.
Dude is Scott the butcher?
I can’t help but think of you as an ally in Simon’s treatment. I believe he considers you a friend.
Gross
Simon has pierced small holes in the corners of the butcher paper, so it looks as if the butterflies are all hanging helplessly by their wings.
“I would never do anything to deliberately hurt my sister. She’s the one who inspired me in the first place, you know.”
Sorry what
Emma reflects that people always say things will be okay when everything is completely fucked.
I found one other detail—they all used the same MT service.” She looks up at him. “Medical technicians take blood samples, Bell.”
OHHHH SNAP
Another series of phone calls, to dig up the information that the FBI has already gathered from Fairfax, but it gets results.
Why didn't the FBI do all this before?
