@ish131hxs She doesn't either, which is why she's leveraging the past abuse that's been committed onto her as a leash to make sure Emily doesn't act out.
I love Penelope. Using self-harm to create leverage to ensure a maid is loyal to you is awesome and metal.
You can do this, girl! I'm sure you don't need the encouragement of random readers though.
@agtra He doesn't claim to not knowing them, he claims not understanding them.
I guess that's why he's a ghost. He died as he started this book, and he won't leave until it's done.
So I had this crackpot idea way back in chapter 2 that was "Hey, what if the sister was suicidal and decided to kill herself?"
I was close enough. What I'm curious about is why she didn't just use her karate skills to subdue her own body.