Everyone’s favorite stalker is back with a vengeance in the third installment of Caroline Kepnes' blockbuster series.
But old habits die as hard as Joe Goldberg’s girlfriends.
You casually break every bone in my body and pull a sweater from your purse.
He won’t take the sweater and I can’t take this.
Won’t take this.
You must think I’m a moron.
You lied to me.
Your husband is an iceberg and I can’t take it anymore.
This is the story of my life.
Everything that should be mine, everyone, they’re all snatched away from me.
I lost mysonand I’ve tried so hard to be decent.
You usedme, Mary Kay.
Everything looks different now.
You weren’t hazing me at the diner.
You were playing fast and loose, weren’t you?
You thought one of yourFriendsmight say something about your husband in passing.
And that’s why you were looking around in the pub so much on our date.
You were afraid we’d get caught.
You’re a dishonest woman.
Your husband’s angry teenage boy outfit is embarrassingyou must be the breadwinnerand okay.
I never directlyaskedif you’re married but that’s because you’re my boss.
But who the f— are we kidding?
Your husband would never read the Lisa Taddeo book.
He’s not a reader.
I can tell and you are right, Mary Kay.
We see what we want to see and I didn’t want to see it.
Same way I didn’t want to believe that Love was capable of stealing my child.
I grab the railing.
The ship hasn’t sunk just yet.
I can still save us.
Your husband isn’t a fan of that f—ing band.
It’s a husband!
It’s a has-been rock star in shorts!
We’re getting close to the dock and I’m not gonna beintimidatedby your husband.
You were his muse and you’re not my muse.
I respect you as aperson.
I will not f—ing freeze to death.
How long did you think you could get away with this, Mary Kay?
Youmarried a music manand I’m sure you loved him at first.
You were histiny dancerand foxesdolike attentionyour body parts are on the cover of his albumbut times change.
You told me that you never understood why your mother left your father.
You called it asham divorce.
That’s why you’re still in the cage with Phil.
You don’t know how to leave that rat, do you?
Nobody in your family is hungry, but you’re rummaging through your purse.
You’re thinking about me.
“Emmy, stop it already,man.
We’re not starving to death.”
“No,” you say.
“I know I have a candy bar.
It’s in here somewhere.”
You and I are the same, aren’t we?
We sacrifice our feelings and our desires for the people we love.
The Meerkat is annoyedForget it, Momand Phil is disinterestedEm, I’m gonna eat with Freddy.
“Got it!”
It’s impossible not to love you right now, the sheer joy on your face, the win.
You care about everyone and that includes your rat husband.
He’s too pathetic, exposing his legs so that everyone can see hisSacriphiltattoo.
You stayed because it wouldn’t be fair for Phil to fail as a rock star and a husband.
And I didn’t see any of it coming.
FROM THE BOOK YOU LOVE ME, BY CAROLINE KEPNES.
COPYRIGHT 2021 BY CAROLINE KEPNES.
PUBLISHED BY RANDOM HOUSE, AN IMPRINT AND DIVISION OF PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LLC.
