Katie

“But before I had a chance to question further, all light in the kitchen died, and the whole room went dim.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“I was trying to decide if I was angrier that he was touching my shit or if he was really hurting her or just playing with her, he let her go, pushed her forward, and splashed her, both of them laughing and answering my question.”
― Penelope Douglas, Kill Switch

“Well, good. Happy to hear it, because I’m the only man whose attention you should be trying to get, and baby, you got it years ago while wearing another man’s clothes.” He kissed my temple, his hot breath sending chills down my spine. “So, you can imagine how fucking beautiful you are to me right now wearing mine.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“Big words for such a little girl,” he said. “Same old, same old, from the same, scared little boy,” I shot back. “Still climbing into fountains to hide from Mommy?” “Mommy?” he repeated. “I killed that bitch last night.”
― Penelope Douglas, Kill Switch