The villain is a selfish girl named Emily who intentionally makes herself sick in an attempt to manipulate a male friend (view spoiler)[and later becomes a vengeful ghost (hide spoiler)]
"Emily had apparently emptied the water from her bedside carafe over her nightgown. She had pulled an armchair in front of the window, opened it wide, and was sitting there-- drenched to the skin, and quite blue with cold. By that time her chest was so congested she could barely breathe. She was nearly unconscious." I stared at him in amazement. "You mean she was deliberately trying to make herself very ill?" "I told you Emily had ways of getting what she wanted," Adam said quietly.
The villain is a selfish girl named Emily who intentionally makes herself sick in an attempt to manipulate a male friend (view spoiler)[and later becomes a vengeful ghost (hide spoiler)]
"Emily had apparently emptied the water from her bedside carafe over her nightgown. She had pulled an armchair in front of the window, opened it wide, and was sitting there-- drenched to the skin, and quite blue with cold. By that time her chest was so congested she could barely breathe. She was nearly unconscious."
I stared at him in amazement. "You mean she was deliberately trying to make herself very ill?"
"I told you Emily had ways of getting what she wanted," Adam said quietly.