Hate You — William Thrash

Young Sarah Jane Anderson can't believe the house she was hired to clean was… that one. Old, overgrown, and shunned, the interior of the house is another world.Inside she meets the ailing lady Bethany Van Doren who is suffering from Parkinson's Disease. Sarah is given strict instructions to completely ignore the man upstairs. The house must be cleaned in preparation for sale before her death.Upstairs, Sarah encounters Sebastian Van Doren, the well-dressed young man who does nothing but read books in the house's library. Bitter and accusatory, Sebastian forces her to respond to him.Drawn to the man's presence, Sarah faces his hatred in a quest to discover the mystery behind the strange pair.Abused by her step-father and step-brother, she is desperate for the money the job offers.She has always been a doubter, and now she faces the consequences in a struggle against the truth.She finds ignoring Sebastian not as easy as her simple instructions demand.Why is he following her?A gothic romance novella, 164 Standard Paperback pages.