The Conditions of Will

The Conditions of Will

Author: Jessa Hastings Listening Length: 13h 21m
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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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I wake up a little shy of six the next morning. Not because I’m super Zen or focused or have a killer morning routine or anything, but because it’s eleven in London and the jet lag is real.

I walk downstairs as quiet as I can and into the kitchen. I open cupboards and drawers in slow motion because if Rita, Mom’s housekeeper, hears me, she’ll wake up and make breakfast for me and I think the woman probably needs a good lie-in.

I perch on the kitchen counter with a bottle of water and tuck my feet under me. Childhood homes are weird. It’s mostly the same since I left it.

Though it’s newer. Parts have been updated. My room is a tiny bit different, not really enough though. Oliver’s is a full-blown generic guest room now and mine is halfway there, and if that isn’t a metaphor for how our parents feel about us, I don’t know what is.