We Lie Here: A Thriller by Rachel Howzell Hall

Author:Rachel Howzell Hall [Howzell Hall, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Published: 2022-07-11T16:00:00+00:00

30.

Maybe this word has been on the mirror forever, and I’ve never noticed it until now.

I pluck and pluck the rubber band on my wrist.

SURRENDER.

Maybe it’s a . . . a diet message that Mom wrote spontaneously days, months, years ago?

Maybe this message—is it even a message?—wasn’t meant for me. And who’s to say that it’s threatening?

No one was in the house with me to sneak in and write it as I showered.

Dominique and her friends looked at me as though I were moments away from licking all the doorknobs at the Red Roof Inn. While my heart had lifted seeing that one word again, it sank knowing that my little sister thinks I’ve lost my mind. Again.

My mouth waters. I want a cigarette. I need a cigarette.

Pluck.

No, I don’t.

I hate this place.

This place hates me.

Even though it’s just minutes after six o’clock, I wobble over to the nightstand to pop an Ativan and then climb into bed. Reset—I need to reset.

I aim the remote control at the television and find The Bachelorette. Who will Hannah choose? The pilot, the air force vet, the douche canoe . . . ?

By the first break, the Ativan has kicked in and my eyelids flutter . . .

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