The Bosch Deception (2014)
“Her instability, only controlled by strong medication, was escalating. When he was there Philip made sure she took her pills, but when he was away she forgot. Or did she do it deliberately? he wondered. Make herself clinging and helpless, tying him to her with emotional bladderwrack.
‘Calm down, darling,’ he said through gritted teeth. ‘You’re getting yourself all worked up.’ She put her arms around his neck. She smelt as though she needed a bath. Once so beautiful, so sculpturally perfect, Gay...le was now bloated; her limbs the colour of a sea slug. Drink and medication had driven a stake into the heart of her appeal, and now she provoked little more than pity.
And to think, Philip mused, that once every man who saw her wanted her. Like Gerrit der Keyser – and others. He remembered Henry Laverne suddenly; felt the quick breeze of envy trickle over him. Philip knew that Henry had been Gayle’s one true love. Recently, babbling and full of booze, she had been talking about all her old boyfriends, reminding herself of her spent power.MoreLess
‘Calm down, darling,’ he said through gritted teeth. ‘You’re getting yourself all worked up.’ She put her arms around his neck. She smelt as though she needed a bath. Once so beautiful, so sculpturally perfect, Gay...le was now bloated; her limbs the colour of a sea slug. Drink and medication had driven a stake into the heart of her appeal, and now she provoked little more than pity.
And to think, Philip mused, that once every man who saw her wanted her. Like Gerrit der Keyser – and others. He remembered Henry Laverne suddenly; felt the quick breeze of envy trickle over him. Philip knew that Henry had been Gayle’s one true love. Recently, babbling and full of booze, she had been talking about all her old boyfriends, reminding herself of her spent power.MoreLess
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