Bitter House by Kiersten Modglin EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Status: Available for Free Download
- Authors: Kiersten Modglin
- Language: English
- Genre: Thriller / Suspense
- Format: PDF / EPUB
- Size: 2 MB
- Price: Free
BRIDGET
Bitter House. They got that about right, didn’t they?
The house stands tall and desolate against the gray sky. Gray stone,
white accents, with sharp angles and a fierce spire that towers several feet
over the rest of the house. It’s grand, spacious, and filled with sadness.
Just…not for the reasons you think.
The newspaper lies in my front seat, the article about my grandmother
and her amazing, selfless life face up.
The problem? It’s nothing but lies.
Whoever wrote it clearly didn’t know her at all, only what she wanted
people to know. Which isn’t unusual. No one knew her. Not even the
children she raised. She wanted it that way. She was an enigma, a mystery.
A giant question mark. A ghost that floated through that house and her life
without ever making contact with anyone.
The funeral that was supposed to happen in a private ceremony
yesterday—the one filled with close friends and family? It didn’t exist. If it
had, there would have been no one to come. No one who cared enough to
say goodbye. In fact, as far as I know, Vera slipped out of the world without
anyone noticing at all.
No one’s lives will change in the slightest with her gone except for
mine, and only out of a sense of obligation I don’t fully understand.
When I received the news that my grandmother had passed away and
that her house—Bitter House—was left to me, my feelings were conflicted
at best.
On one hand, she raised me when she didn’t have to, when I had
nowhere else to go, but on the other, she was hardly warm. She was nothing
like my mother, and I’m still trying to process my feelings about that.
When I graduated from high school, my grandmother all but dumped
me on the porch steps of Bitter House with my bags and not so much as a
goodbye, and I haven’t heard from her since. Not once.
So finding out the family house was left to me is a surprise at the very
least. I make my way down the winding drive, the tall, menacing manor in
front of me, iron gate behind me.
As soon as the gate swung closed minutes ago, I felt my throat tighten,
and I’ve yet to take a normal breath.
I pull the car to a stop at the end of the long, paved driveway and stare
over at the house where I grew up. How many nights did I spend looking
out that window right there, second one from the right on the top floor,
wondering if there was really life outside of it? If I’d ever actually be able
to get away from Bitter House and its influence.
If I’d known the reality of what life would look like on my own, I’m not
sure I would’ve been in such a hurry to leave.
I check my phone and spot a text from my best friend, Ana.
Hope you made it okay. I’ll manage everything here until you
get back, so don’t worry. Let me know if you need anything,
even if it’s just to vent. Always here.
For More Read Download This Book
EPUB