We Have Always Lived In The Castle (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
There had originally been a key for each of us; our father had a key, and our mother, and the keys were kept on a rack beside the kitchen door. When Charles started out for the village Constance gave him a key, perhaps our father’s key, and a shopping list, and the money to pay for what he bought. “You shouldn’t keep money in the house like this,” he said, holding it tight in his hand for a minute before he reached into a back pocket and took out a wallet. “Women alone like you are, you shouldn’t keep money in the house.” I was watching him from my corner of the kitchen but I would not let Jonas come to me while Charles was in the house. “Are you sure you put everything down?” he asked Constance. “Hate to make two trips.” I waited until Charles was well along, perhaps almost to the black rock, and then I said, “He forgot the library books.” Constance looked at me for a minute. “Miss Wickedness,” she said. “You wanted him to forget.” “How could he know about the library books?
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