Scared to Death (2011)
“That’s not unusual—not since her father left, anyway.
Left?
Oh please, Daddy was ripped from their lives without warning. He might as well have been gunned down in the street that day—in fact, maybe that would have been better. An assassination, or an innocent victim of a drive-by shooting… An image of her father lying on the sidewalk, bleeding all over his Italian wool suit, flutters through Caroline’s head. She won’t let it roost there; she doesn’t wish Daddy were dead. Of course not. She lov...es him more than anything, and she knows he’ll be back one day.
It’s just… Right now, it’s hard. On her. If he were dead, he’d be a hero. People would have pity for her, instead of contempt. Neighbors in the elevator, kids at school, strangers on the street—even now that the press coverage has died down and the photographers no longer stake out their building, Caroline can sense people watching her, recognizing her, whispering about her.
That’s why she’s starting to think that what happened today—with the rat—was no accident.MoreLess
Left?
Oh please, Daddy was ripped from their lives without warning. He might as well have been gunned down in the street that day—in fact, maybe that would have been better. An assassination, or an innocent victim of a drive-by shooting… An image of her father lying on the sidewalk, bleeding all over his Italian wool suit, flutters through Caroline’s head. She won’t let it roost there; she doesn’t wish Daddy were dead. Of course not. She lov...es him more than anything, and she knows he’ll be back one day.
It’s just… Right now, it’s hard. On her. If he were dead, he’d be a hero. People would have pity for her, instead of contempt. Neighbors in the elevator, kids at school, strangers on the street—even now that the press coverage has died down and the photographers no longer stake out their building, Caroline can sense people watching her, recognizing her, whispering about her.
That’s why she’s starting to think that what happened today—with the rat—was no accident.MoreLess
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