
The Guest: ‘The tension never wavers’ (GUARDIAN)

A lit candle made jumping shadows on the baseboard.
Emma Cline • The Guest: ‘The tension never wavers’ (GUARDIAN)
The pool was heated to an amniotic
Emma Cline • The Guest: ‘The tension never wavers’ (GUARDIAN)
One of those daughters of the rich who were pitiable because, in the end, they could buy everything but beauty.
Emma Cline • The Guest: ‘The tension never wavers’ (GUARDIAN)
Look more awake. She went through the routine, brightening her eyes, patting color into her cheeks. This labor felt virtuous.
Emma Cline • The Guest: ‘The tension never wavers’ (GUARDIAN)
the suede heels she’d had resoled multiple times.
Emma Cline • The Guest: ‘The tension never wavers’ (GUARDIAN)
Simon said something to her that she pretended not to hear.
Emma Cline • The Guest: ‘The tension never wavers’ (GUARDIAN)
beach. A system that existed only because everyone believed they were among people like themselves.
Emma Cline • The Guest: ‘The tension never wavers’ (GUARDIAN)
This game of convincing people how much things were worth—in that way, she and Simon were not so different.
Emma Cline • The Guest: ‘The tension never wavers’ (GUARDIAN)
Time had started to feel a little slurred, a little unreal.