Cold Hard Secret (Secret McQueen) - Plot & Excerpts
Sutherland inspected the bag of candy I’d brought him. “There’s also an Almond Joy in there. And some peanut butter cups.” “But Snickers satisfies,” he protested. I sighed, wondering if this was what it would be like to have a teenage son. “Keep digging, Dad. There’s one in there. I think I bought every candy bar in the place.” I’d stowed the bagged blood from Calliope’s place in his fridge and prepared a fresh glass for him, but he was far more interested in getting his sugar fix than drinking what would actually sustain him. Holden, who had been wandering around the apartment, reappeared in the living room and sat next to Sutherland on the couch. “You know, all of Brigit’s clothes are still here,” he observed. I hadn’t checked. Chances were good my father had done little to personalize the space. That would imply he had a personality to put into it. I think whatever lit the Sutherland part of his brain had flickered out after he tried to kill my mom. If I was supposed to use my parents as a guide for how to embrace my inner monsters, they were likely the two worst role models I could have been saddled with.
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