He pulls something out of his pocket and sets it down in front of me.
The shiny blue glass makes my jaw drop. One of Petra´s earrings.
"Jenna doesn´t have pierced ears," he says. "And Mom would never wear something this tacky."
He is right. Millicent wears diamond stud earrings. Real diamonds, not glass.
"Not much to say now, I guess," Rory says.
Two for two. I have nothing to say.
"Don´t worry. Jenna doesn´t know about your side chick." The smirk is back. "Yet."
It takes a second for me to realize my son is trying to blackmail me. With evidence.
I am impressed, because he is so clever, and petrified, because the last thing I want is for my children, especially my daughter, to grow up with an asshole cheat for a father. This is the kind of thing experts say to avoid. They say it will affect her relationship with men for ever. I have seen daytime TV.
The unnamed first person narrator is hooking up with women, so that he can pass them on to his wife, who is killing these women ... because she is a serial killer. I think the whole cheating thing is the least of his problems.
And I´m not surprised that the kids already are damaged goods, with these bad shit crazy parents.
*Sigh* This is dumb and above all, incredibly boring. And I don´t think that I can get anything worthwile out of this book. Add to this that the first person present tense writing is driving me crazy in this one.
DNF on page 50.
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