It was like I was doing something illicit for some reason. Sneaking around Richard. All my friendships had felt strangely like affairs, but my friendship with Susan sometimes felt like it really was one. The way she looked at me—it wasn't the way men or lesbians looked at me. It was the way Richard looked at me.
I'm telling you—something in the shapes of their lidded eyes, the long blades of their smiles—the Vaskos look like predators. They are predators. And predation is fascinating when you're numb inside, when you'll do anything to keep from being numb. When you're lonely.
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The Delilah 100
Bí ẩn / ThrillerWhat would you do if you loved a killer? What would it take for you to get to a place of acceptance? You're meeting Richard week by week, but first, meet his Muse. Explore our ill-fated heroine in The Delilah 100: 100 words, 100 stories, 100 days. A...