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It seems Jules inherited Ruby’s bloodlust. Ruby killed all the men who stood in her way. So does Jules it seems, with Ben.

The Darnell curse

The truth isn’t some finite thing, it’s what we all choose to believe. - Cam

Ruby’s birth family are the Darnells and Jules is one of them

Tragedy stalked the Darnells, though, because Linda had also died––in a car accident in 2011, which had left her nineteen-year-old daughter an orphan. Caitlin Julianne Darnell. A real mouthful. Didn’t blame her for switching to Jules, although I still can’t tell you where Brewster came from. Never did figure that part out. Did Ruby reach out first? Did Jules? I don’t know. - Cam

“And then, of course, when you got in touch after Dad died, Camden’s sweet wife Jules, just wanting to see his family home one time, promising the moon if I would just tell him we needed him here … well, some things, you just don’t forget.” - Ben

“When nothing has ever been hard for you. When you’ve never had to do the normal shit everyone else does to get through their day, you start thinking maybe you aren’t a normal person. Maybe you are better. Which means you can do what you want. Anything you want.”

I knew what Ashby House did to people. How it twisted them. It’s not just the money. I mean, the money is part of it, but it’s more than that. It’s what happens when you live in a place that never expects you to … well, leave, I guess. - Cam

Until they’re just a person who sleeps inches from you at night, and eats meals across a table from you, and reads books at your side, even smiles at you or laughs with you, but whose heart has shut you out forever.

I hope you never have to watch the one person you love most in the world, the person who loves you just as fiercely in return, lose that love, day by day, bit by bit, a steady draining away until there’s nothing left.

This is why I wanted you to understand that I really do love Camden. This isn’t just about the money. This is about us taking back what belongs to him and living the life we deserve. Yes, we. Because I deserve this shit, too. I grew up in a trailer park in Panama City. - Jules