Amanda The Book Slayer’s Reviews > Five Down > Status Update

And just like it was some kind of fucking cue, Chess’s tattoos caught fire. Maria Randall was about to make her presence known. Chess turned to the Randalls. She didn’t have a lot of time, but she could make enough for this, at least. She owed it to them. “I’m so sorry. I really am.” Their horrified faces were going to stick with her for a while.

“Because,” she said, hating the way the words sounded, “the ghost is a murder victim, and the murderer will be there in the house.”

sadly, there is truth to this. "And really, they were people, and most people didn’t need a reason or an excuse to lie or cheat or steal or fuck over other people. They did it because they were selfish and self-important, because they wanted things and didn’t want to wait for them. Humanity was a seething pit of snakes and snake-charmers, waiting to bite or order others to bite."

"“Guessing be why she got all them clocks stopped? Like you say on the earlier, Havisham. You tell me she stopped all she clocks, in that book, aye?”"

((shudders)) "A long pause while they both looked at the bed. Terrible swallowed and took a step closer to it. “Been sleeping with he body, aye?” “It’s been in here, I don’t know that she’s been sleeping with—oh.” Her stomach twisted. On the pillow beside the stained one were several long gray hairs. “I guess she has. I don’t—shit. She’s got his body.” “Be easier for him coming back.” “Right.”"