The Conditions of Will

The Conditions of Will

Author: Jessa Hastings Listening Length: 13h 21m

I cant remember the last time I couldnt get a handle on myself and my emotions, but the lid is slipping. Something about the slipping lid feels like its Sam Pennys fault. Like he broke the seal and hes slowly opening me up. London-based Georgia Carter, professional lie detector and body-language savant, has long been e...

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The house is full of people; they come in and out like our family home is the Information Center for Beaufort County.

It’s a lot of women with really blond, really big hair, who are all starting to dabble in the world of Botox, which I personally hate because it makes their faces harder to read—a lot of the perfunctory sorrys, some crocodile tears followed by the pinching of my cheeks, saying things like, “Well, I haven’t seen you since you were knee-high to a duck,” which are expressions you don’t hear in England, thank God.

The ones who think they’re really cultured ask while winking and nudging me with their elbows if I spend all my free time with Will and Kate, and I say no but I do spend a lot of time with David Brent, and they look confused and say, “The old prime minister?” And I say, “Sure.”

No one seems to be talking about Dad.