#millie calloway

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Story: 5 out of 5 Smut: 0 out of 5

Wow!

You know how sequels are usually dreaded because they never live up to the first? Well let me just say that this book did! Hell, it might even be better than the first!

I love how you get the story told from Millie’s POV in part one, and then in part two you get to hear from the housewife she’s trying to help before going back to Millie.

This book is wonderfully written and these twists are amazing. I didn’t think I would be surprised after book one, but I’m happy to say that I was!

I don’t know how I’m gonna wait half a year for the next installment. I need to see how Millie handles helping out the wives after what Wendy put her through.

Now here are my ramblings thoughts…

* “Tonight, I will be murdered.” // “It all started with a simple cleaning job. And now it might end with my blood being mopped off the cabin floor.”

* Amber is such a bitch. I’m glad her baby called Millie ‘mama’ lmao. She’s totally fired tho 😂

* Who tf is stalking Millie?

* Aww. Her and Enzo actually had a relationship before her move to New York! I’m so sad it didn’t work out.

* So Xavier is the creepy neighbor who knows Millie’s name even though she never told him.. 🤔 Suspicious. Very suspicious.

* Okay, I’m officially annoyed as fuck by Millie. Girl, it’s none of your damn business what goes on between a man and wife. Get in, do your job, and get out. Don’t ask questions.

* Knew Xavier was a creep.

* How convenient that the cops found a shit load of drugs in Xavier’s apartment. I have a feeling whoever is driving this black car with a cracked headlight did Millie a favor. IS IT ENZO?!

* Oh shit. Did Douglas beat the shit out of his wife..?

* How the fuck did Douglas even know about Millie if her housekeeping ad never went live…?!

* A friend gave WENDY her number?! Wendy totally knows Millie can help. Or not, if this mysterious friend didn’t tell her exactly how Millie can help.

* Ahh. Okay. So it was a previous client that helped her get away from her abusive husband. So that’s why Wendy had her called in.

* Okay, so… Wendy have Millie a very expensive bracelet to pawn because she hates it. And Millie dumbly took it, and kept it. Now Wendy SUDDENLY has this grand plan to escape her abusive husband. This feels icky. I’m starting to think the situation is not as it seems 🤔

* I do not like Brock and his urgency to settle down. I really miss Enzo lol.

* IT’S ENZO! I FUCKING KNEW IT! Oh my god, I’m so happy 😭

* You’re so fucking stupid! Why would you tell Enzo to stop watching out for you!? Oh my god 🤦🏻‍♀️ Now I want Douglas to kick your ass.

* Wendy’s back? She was a little too quickly, no? 🤔

* Did you seriously just shoot him?! Now your fingerprints are all over that gun. You’re so stupid, Millie!

* What the fuck!!!! Lmao. I knew that Wendy bitch couldn’t be trusted. Wtf!!!

* The man Millie shot isn’t Douglas?? I’m so fucking confused. And I knew Brock was a pussy! She needs to call Enzo asap.

* Soooo, Wendy’s a cunt. I don’t even wanna hear her side of the story lol. How dare she set up Millie like that.

* Douglas was a hopeless nerd? And a shit ton of money at his disposal?! And Wendy hated that!? Wtf. That’s the perfect man 🤦🏻‍♀️

* Wow. Wendy. You’re such a hoe.

* Holy shit. Douglas knew about the affair 😂

* Fuck! That wasn’t Douglas choking Wendy out, it was her affair partner Russell! And Millie shot him with blanks!!! Holy fuck.

* That really murdered her husband. What a cunt.

* He cut her out of the will!!!! Lmfao. She murdered him for nothing 😂

* Marybeth?! Russell’s wife!!! Lol. Oh I love this.

* Goddamn. It was Millie all along 😨

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Friends to enemies to strangers

Ko-fi/Commissions

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Camp Cucamonga - NBC - September 23, 1990

Comedy

Running Time: 93 minutes

Stars:

John Ratzenberger as Marvin Schector

Brian Robbins as Roger Burke

Jennifer Aniston as Ava Schector

Chad Allen as Frankie Calloway

Candace Cameron as Amber Lewis

Danica McKellar as Lindsey Scott

Josh Saviano as Max Plotkin

Tasha Scott as Jennifer

Jaleel White as Dennis Brooks

Dorothy Lyman as Millie Schector

Richard Herd as Thornton Bradley

G. Gordon Liddy as Howard Sloan

Sherman Hemsley as Herbert Himmel

Lauren Tewes as Mrs Scott

Breckin Meyer as Cody

John Snee as Troy

Patrick Thomas O'Brien as Virgil

Kari Whitman as Patty

Melanie Shatner as Wendy

Dion Zamora as Chuck

Rachel Verduzco as Tita

Kate Finlayson as Wrangler

Misty McCoy as Courtney Parker

Risa Schiffman as Louise Bradley

This film is notable for including an early starring role for Jennifer Aniston before she became well known.

[ladypolitik]

Warning: repetitious flashing/pulsing lights

When DJ Cab Calloway drops a fire track and the entire club loses its collective mind on the dance floor:

"[Bring The Noise], Ain't That Somethin' " - a Beastie Boys/Stormy Weather (1943) mashup. 

Previous episodes:

15. Beyonce + Cabin In the Sky (1943)  14. Usher + Bye Bye Birdie (1963) 13. Quad City DJs + Nicholas Brothers (1941) 12. Ginuwine + The Pirate (1948) 11. Benny Benassi + Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954)  10.Post Malone + Fred Astaire (1970) 09. House of Pain + Singin’ In the Rain (1952)  08. Missy Elliott/Ludacris + Sound of Music (1965) 07. Dr. Dre + Thoroughly Modern  Millie (1967) 06. Missy Elliott + Singing in the Rain (1952) 05. Missy Elliott + Sound of Music (1965) 04. Jay-Z/Kanye + Mary Poppins (1964) 03. Flo Rida + The King and I (1956) 02. Kstylis + Darling Lili (1970) 01. DJ Khaled/Rihanna + My Fair Lady (1964) 

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welcome  to  the  city  !  the  newspapers  have  been  abuzz  with  the  arrival  of  amelia  whitmore,  ottilie  charteris,  harrison  cooper,  violet  gold,  aira  wycliffe  and  calloway  astor  !  thank  you  for  applying  and  welcome  to  gildedfms  !  please  refamiliarize  yourself  with  our  guidelines  and  follow  our  checklist  found  here.  all  accounts  must  be  submitted  through  the  ask  function  only  within  the  next  24  hours  ─  failure  to  do  so  will  result  in  the  reopening  of  the  characters  and  positions.  laura  harrier,  milly  alcock,  aaron  taylor - johnson,  eva  green,  kutsuna  shiori  and  alex  fitzalan  are  now  unavailable. 

laura  harrier  as  miss  amelia  whitmore  (  32  )  by  drew.

milly  alcock  as  lady  ottilie  charteris  (  23  )  by  yessi.

aaron  taylor - johnson  as  mister  harrison  cooper  (  31  )  by  bones.

eva  green  as  missus  violet  gold  (  42  )  by  evie.

kutsuna  shiori  as  miss  aira  wycliffe  (  30  )  by  evie.

alex  fitzalan  as  mister  calloway  astor  (  30  )  by  s.

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And now, one of my favorite characters: The Dowager Countess of Calloway, Grandmother of Gerald Shaw the Earl of Calloway, and Great-Grandmother of Addie, Ernie, Bess, and her siblings (and Lottie--though she refuses to acknowledge it) Lady Felicity Shaw. But her great-grandbabies just call her "Granny" or "Granny Fefe". Yes, Bess was named after her (Elizabeth Felicity), and I think Bess even looks like her a bit. This woman is where all that brilliant wit, sass, and sarcasm comes from. (It's in the genes!) Her grandson may officially be the head of the family, but Felicity is without a doubt the reigning matriarch of the Shaw family. Confident, proud, stubborn, and full of wisdom, Felicity carries herself with the poise and grace of a queen and refuses to let anyone think they can run roughshod over her just because she's an old woman. (By the way, she's not old, she's "well ripened".) Always dressed to the nines, Felicity does what she wants, says what she wants, goes where she wants, and sees who she wants whenever she sees fit. This is her world--everyone else is just living in it.

The woman, I'm pretty sure, has never actually smiled, and she looks--and is--incredibly intimidating. She scares off most people just with a look alone. However, despite her stony, cold appearance, Felicity has the softest of hearts for her grandchildren. (Except you, Gerald--bugger off!) She's taken a particular liking to little Millie. (Millie is absolutely a mini Granny Felicity--there is no denying it.) And she's a major mover and shaker in the process of getting Bess and Ebenezer together.

Oh, by the way, on the concept of Ebenezer? Um... Granny definitely likes him. Maybe a bit too much. Can you blame her though? He's gorgeous and, well, quite frankly, it's been years. And Felicity would never consider herself as having been "in love" with her late husband, though he was a decent gentleman and treated her well. Ebenezer is more than a little flattered, especially since Felicity calls him "young shaver".

Fun fact: Granny actually got to hold a baby Queen Victoria at some point in history. She considers this her claim to fame.

(DON'T ASK ME WHAT THE THING ON HER NECK IS. IT SHOWED UP AND I COULD NOT GET RID OF IT. PRETEND IT'S NOT THERE.)

@rom-e-o, the Queen herself.

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The Housemaid Is Watching by: Freida McFadden 06-27-2024

I just finished reading this book, and it was really good. This is the 3rd installment in the The Housemaid series, and each book gets better and better. In this book, the former Wilhelmina ‘Millie’ Calloway is now Millie Accardi, married to her landscaper husband Enzo Accardi, and they and their two children, Ada and Nicolas have moved from The Bronx to Long Island. Upon moving there, they…

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Welcome to 1926 – Simon Basset, Panam Palmer, Chloe Price, Matthew Taylor and Lambert!!I hope you feel right at home here in Sydney. Before you get too comfortable and see what all our city has to offer, be sure to review our CHECKLIST. We’re so glad to have you with us, Jules!!  

Look who just woke up- is that REGE-JEAN PAGE? No, I must have been mistaken, that’s SIMON BASSET from BRIDGERTON. I heard they are 30 and stuck here just like everyone else. Even in the 20’s, he still gives off a RESERVED EMOTIONS MISTAKEN FOR A HAUGHTY DEMEANOR, BRUISED KNUCKLES SIGNIFYING THE IMPULSE TO DEFEND HONOR, STOLEN GLANCES FROM ACROSS THE ROOM, A MAN OF HIS WORD DESPITE UNREASONABLE SACRIFICES impression. In Sydney they work as a PHILANTHROPIST. They’re known to be quite ELOQUENT & WAGGISH, but have a tendency to be ENIGMATIC & STUBBORN on their bad days. (jules, 31, she/they, ast)

Look who just woke up- is that TRISTIN MAYS? No, I must have been mistaken, that’s PANAM PALMER from CYBERPUNK 2077. I heard they are 27 and stuck here just like everyone else. Even in the 20’s, she still gives off a GUARD UP AT ALL TIMES, RECOUNTING UNHINGED ESCAPADES AROUND A CAMPFIRE, TESTING THE LIMITS OF ANYTHING WITH A MOTOR, WARM NIGHTS SPENT DRINKING UNDER THE STARS, OIL STAINED WORK CLOTHES PILED BESIDE A HOT BATH impression. In Sydney they work as a MECHANIC. They’re known to be quite RESOLUTE & TRUEHEARTED, but have a tendency to be CYNICAL & SPLENETIC on their bad days. (jules)

Look who just woke up- is that MILLY ALCOCK? No, I must have been mistaken, that’s CHLOE PRICE from LIFE IS STRANGE. I heard they are 21 and stuck here just like everyone else. Even in the 20’s, they still give off a REBEL WITH SEVERAL CAUSES, PAINT SPLATTERED ON EVERY SURFACE, CHARGED BY THE HEART MORE OFTEN THAN THE MIND, ARTISTICALLY VANDALIZING PROPERTY IN THE NAME OF RAW EMOTION, LIVING LIFE TO THE FULLEST WITHOUT REGRET impression. In Sydney they work as a PAINTER & BOOTLEGGER. They’re known to be quite DAUNTLESS & INVENTIVE, but have a tendency to be BOISTEROUS & MALCONTENT on their bad days. (jules)

Look who just woke up- is that JORDAN CALLOWAY? No, I must have been mistaken, that’s MATTHEW TAYLOR from UNTIL DAWN. I heard they are 24 and stuck here just like everyone else. Even in the 20’s, he still gives off a HIMBO WITH A HEART OF GOLD, DIGGING DEEP TO FIND THE SILVER LINING, A WORN OUT LETTERMAN JACKET, SACRIFING ONESELF FOR ANOTHER IN NEED, PEOPLE PLEASER TO A FAULT impression. In Sydney they work as a FIREFIGHTER. They’re known to be quite ALTRUISTIC & GALLANT, but have a tendency to be CREDULOUS & RECKLESS on their bad days. (jules)

Look who just woke up- is that LEWIS TAN? No, I must have been mistaken, that’s LAMBERT from THE WITCHER. I heard they are OLD AS DIRT and stuck here just like everyone else. Even in the 20’s, he still gives off a SHARP WIT MATCHED WITH AN EVEN SHARPER TONGUE, CRUEL CHILDHOOD MASKED BY UNWAVERING CONFIDENCE, A CARNAL DESIRE FOR BLOODSHED, PRICKLY PEAR WITH A SOFT SPOT FOR THOSE HE HOLDS CLOSE, HOLDING A GRUDGE TO THE GRAVE impression. In Sydney they work as a MERCENARY. They’re known to be quite CHEEKY & INCISIVE, but have a tendency to be SARDONIC & VINDICTIVE on their bad days. (jules)

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The Housemaid | Freida McFadden | Published 2022 | *SPOILERS*

“Welcome to the family,” Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble  hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I’ll soon learn that the Winchesters’ secrets are far more dangerous than my own...

Every day I clean the Winchesters’ beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. 

I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew’s handsome eyes, so full of pain, it’s hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina’s life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband. 

I only try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it’s like. But she soon finds out...and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it’s far too late. 

But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don’t know who I really am. 

They don’t know what I’m capable of...

An unbealiably twist read that will have you glued to the pages late into the night. Anyone who loves The Woman in the Window, The Wife Between Us and the Girl on the Train won’t be able to put this down! 

Millie Calloway is a recently released felon who is searching for a job. She’s on parole, and wants to keep her path on the straight and narrow. At the job she held, she was fired and told to leave so the cops wouldn’t be contacted and shortly thereafter, she was evicted from her apartment and has since been living out of her car. 

Somehow, she scores an interview for a housemaid position with an affluent couple, Nina and Andrew Winchester, taking care of things around the house and assisting in taking care of their daughter, Cecilia. During the interview, Nina appears to be excited about hiring Millie, and while Millie has doctored her resume a bit, Nina offers her the job a week later and the next morning, Millie arrives to her new life. 

Millie is shown around the Winchester home and shown to her room, which is a small attic room at the top of the house. Millie is less than thrilled about the accommodations, but considering where she had been, she doesn’t feel the need to complain. However, Nina’s demeanor quickly changes during her first day of work. Nina was a happy woman, seemingly trying to befriend Millie. But, now she comes off as crazy and neurotic. Her moods change quickly, and she is often cruel and mean to Millie. 

Andrew, Nina’s husband, takes to Millie right away and they form a bond. He keeps saying off-the-wall things about Nina, such as she went through a difficult time and even confesses that Cecilia isn’t his biological child but that he has been the only father she’s ever known. Nina’s innocent crush quickly skyrockets out of control. However, she knows not to take that jump with Andrew. 

Nina constantly berates Millie, and Millie gets closer and closer to losing her cool with her but luckily, she never does. After a visit to a fertiltiy specialist, where Nina hopes to become pregnant soon, Nina’s demeanor becomes quickly unbearable after she and Andrew are told that Nina won’t be able to bear children due to her age. Andrew, who has felt like his marriage was failing anyway, quickly becomes less and less involved with his wife. 

Millie feels badly for them both, as she knew they both wanted a baby. But, after hearing why Nina has anti-psychotic drugs in her medicine cabinet, which she found while snooping, she feels it may be for the best. Several years ago, according to a woman at the ballet studio where Ceceilia takes lessons, Nina drugged herself and Cece, and attemtped to drown her in the tub. Millie is shocked at this revelation. 

After discovering their fertility issues, Andrew suggests taking Nina to a broadway show, and Millie buys the tickets and books a stay at a hotel in the city. Nina tells her the date, but when the date comes, she berates Millie for booking the wrong date, even though Millie is sure she did the right one. When Nina leaves to take Cece to summer camp out of state, where she will be away overnight, Andrew suggests that the two of them go to the show. Millie, who has never been, is thrilled and excited. After dinner, and several bottles of wine later, they both decide to stay at the Plaza instead of returning home to New Jersey. The two of them end up sleeping together. 

Life returns to normal, but Nina makes it clear that she knows of hers and Andrew’s discretion. A few days (weeks, maybe) after, Andrew kicks Nina out of the house and declares that he’s no longer in love with her. 

It is here that we come to the second part of the novel, told in Nina’s perspective. She had been working at the company Andrew works for, though not directly under his supervision. They enjoy lunch together, and eventually, their love blossomed. They are quickly married and Nina and Cece are moved into his home. However, we quickly come to learn that Nina was never the problem she has protrayed herself to be...it has been Andrew all along. 

With the help of Enzo, Nina comes up with a plan to get out from under her husband. For years, any time she did something that he did not like, he would lock her inside the attic bedroom upstairs and make her undergo torturous punishments, such as pepper-spraying herself and withholding food and water. It was after the first time in the attic room that he began portraying Nina as crazy, and even went as far as drugging them both and attempting to kill Cece to make it look like Nina was the psychotic one. 

For years, Nina underwent these things in order to protect her daughter. However, as mentioned, Nina comes up with a plan with Enzo, their landscaper. Directly from Italy, he agrees to help Nina as his own sister went through an abusive relationship that ended up with her life being taken and he wasn’t able to do what he wanted to protect her, so he’s choosing to help Nina as a way to make up for his own indiscretions. 

When Andrew gets wind of her attempt to escape, Nina realizes she will never be able to cleanly leave, therefore decides to find her replacement, and why she has hired Millie. But she did a background check on Millie, and knows that she was in jail for murder...not a drug offense like she had initially presumed. Millie had murdered a boy in her school at the age of 16 for attempting to rape her friend. She was charged with a lesser misdeamnor charge, and sent to prison, where she had been for the last decade. She knows that Millie has a way, and Nina hopes that she will kill Andrew for him. 

After Nina has departed, Andrew and Millie seemingly begin a relationship. When he returns home from work one day, he finds Millie in her room upstairs packing up her things to bring down into the main house. The next morning, when Millie wakes up and attempts to leave the room, she realizes that Andrew is nowhere to be found and the door to the attic is locked. 

And so begins Andrew’s torture of Millie, simply because she had left books on the coffee table and didn’t return them. She does as she is told, by holding three large textbooks and phone books on her stomach for three hours straight. When Andrew comes to unlock the door and let her out, he explains that this is what happens when she misbehaves (i.e. when she does something he doesn’t like). But, during her time in the attic, Millie has come up with a plan: she found the pepper-spray that Nina was forced to use on herself in the blue bucket in the closet, and attacks him. She then locks Andrew in the closet. 

For days, Millie begins torturing Andrew the same way. She makes him spend 8 hours with the heavy text books placed over his genitals, keeps water from him, and even makes him pull out his own teeth in order to get out. Nina eventually returns at the urging of Enzo in order to help Nina, as he feels guilty that Nina has left Millie to deal with what she had to deal with. But when Nina returns, she finds Andrew inside the locked attic, where he is now dead and emaciated. Millie confronts her, and Nina tells her to get away, to do what she can to keep herself far from this. 

When the police are called, Nina explains that Andrew must have locked himself in the attic on accident, without his phone. The police officer in charge of the case agrees that this is exactly what happened, as his daughter had been previously engaged to Andrew. Kathleen has since moved away and changed her name, and her father never knew what happened between the two of them. 

At the funeral, Nina plays the role of the grieving wife, though she is unable to shed tears for the terrible man that her husband was. However, when his parents attend the funeral, Nina becomes painfully aware that Evelyn Winchester knows details about his missing teeth and assumes that she knows what really happened. But she tells Nina that whenever Andrew didn’t take care of his teeth, she would punish him for it, even going so far as to take a pair of his baby teeth with pliers. 

Eventually, a year after the events, Millie finds another family looking for a housemaid, and is told that Nina Winchester has recommended her highly. Millie sees that the woman she is interviewing with has suspicious bruising on her arms, and realizes why Nina has recommended her. 

Discussion Questions 

1. Before she takes the job and at the very beginning of her emploment with the Winchesters, there are several warning signs that Millie does notice, but chooses to look past. Why doesn’t Millie get out of this situation? Millie had just spent the last decade in prison. Who wouldn’t want the freedom that she was experiencing. She’d either go back to jail OR go back to living out of her car, and she didn’t want that. She ignored Nina’s cruelty and behavior because she didn’t want to return to her old life. 

2. Do you read many thrillers? If not, does this novel make you want to read more? If so, how does this novel compare to other thrillers you’ve read? I read thrillers pretty exclusively. I love the mystery and the attempt to try to solve it before the end. This particular book had me turning the pages quickly, and I didn’t want to put it down. While I enjoy thrillers, this doesn’t happen all the time with books. 

3. Did you see the midpoint plot twist - revealed when the point of view shifted to Nina - coming? If so, what clues did you notice in part 1 of the novel that alerted you to the possible twist? I had an inkling when Enzo kept making hints. It was hard to believe a man of his large stature would be afraid of a woman three times smaller than him. But, it still sort of threw me. During Nina’s point of view, I felt so badly for her. 

4. What about the ending reveal of Andrew’s mother’s abuse of her son - did you anticipate that plot development? How, if at all, did it change your perception of Andrew? It didn’t change my perception of him, but it does explain his behavior. No excuse or reason could ever make me feel badly for Andrew. But, the development that he endured the same kind of torture he was now inflicting on the people he supposedly loved, it makes sense. He was only doing what he was taught to do by a person who was supposed to love him. It explained his behavior, but didn’t excuse it. 

5. While Nina was, intentionally as it turns out, terrible to Millie, do you think this justifies Millie starting an affair with Andrew? Why or why not? No. At first I was like, go Millie! Take that terrible woman’s man. But, there is no excuse for cheating at all. 

6. Nina was certainly in a desperate situation, but do you think she was justified in recruiting Millie and setting her up like she did? How did the midpoint twist change your perception of Nina? It bothered me that she was essentially grooming another woman to take her place. There is no excuse for that. But, I do understand what she was attempting to do. She saw no other way out - it was either that or she may have ended up dead herself. 

7. Nina could have let Millie take the fall for Andrew’s death but she chse to cover for her, after much prompting from Enzo to check in. Did this further change your view of Nina? Is Nina ultimately a good or bad person? I think Nina is both - she was trying to protect her daughter like any good mother would, but she was also letting another woman go through torture in order to do it. That’s not how the world works despite Nina thinking so. If it weren’t for Enzo, he knew what would have happened to Millie, though I don’t think Millie would have had any long-term issues considering her past. 

8. Nina thought she’d go to jail, but she lucked out that Detective Connors, who investigated Andrew’s death, was the father of Andrew’s former fiance Kathleen and chose to help cover up the crime. Did you like this coincidence or did it seem too convenient or contrived for you? Didn’t even see that twist coming. We never even knew Kathleen’s last name until that point, so when he made that confession, I was shocked. I enjoyed this, as it’s clear that Kathleen went through something horrible while being with Andrew herself. He’s just another parent attempting to protect his child. 

9. If the police and coroner hadn’t helped cover up the murder and Millie and Nina had gone to trial for Andrew’s death, would you -if you were a member of the jury - have acquitted or convicted them? I would have acquitted them. It was self-defense, through and through. 

10. Millie has a strong sense of justice and what’s right and wrong. But she is also extremely violent. Did you like her character? Why or why not? I loved Millie. She knows what she did was wrong, but she was trying to protect her friend. She thought she was doing the right thing, and ultimately, paid her dues to society by spending several years in prison. 

11. Andrew was undeniably a terrible person, but he also died a particularly gruesome death. Do you think he deserved what he got? Definitely deserved it. I can’t even describe the way I feel about his character, but he deserved it 100%. 

12. We got to hear from Millie and Nina’s points of view. Would you have wanted to hear from Andrew’s point of view? Why or why not? No. Seeing it through their eyes was enough. I didn’t need to sick and twisted perspective from him. 

13. Millie frequently protests that the bad things that hapened to her, that is, the violence she inflicts on others, that then creates negative consequences for her, aren’t her fault. Do you think Millie was just often in the wrong place at the wrong time, or do you think she has a psychological disorder? I wouldn’t say she has a psychological disorder, nor do I think she was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Blaming others for what she did isn’t the right way to go about it, but she may also lack the skills in order to come to terms with what she did. She spent a decade in prison, and was likely having to protect herself while inside from the other female inmates, so she was only projecting that in the outside world. 

14. The character of Enzo is a bit of a cypher in the first part of the novel, but turns out to be deeply involved in Nina’s scheme to escape Andrew’s clutches. What did you think of Enzo’s character? Enzo’s character made me laugh. At first I thought he and Millie would get together, but it’s clear he stuck around the house as much as he did because of Nina. But Enzo deeply cares. He is trying to protect the woman from the terribleness that was Andrew Winchester, he was trying to do what he couldn’t do for his sister. 

15. The epilogue implies that Nina sends another abused wife to Millie, presumably for Millie to punish her husband. Millie says, “I understand why Nina recommended me so highly to this woman. She knows me. Maybe even better than I know myself.” Do you think that’s true? Do you think it’s fair to Millie for Nina to put her in another situation with domestic violence? I think it’s a bit of a stretch that Nina would send Millie for this simple reason. However, it does make sense. Nina hired her to murder her husband, so it makes sense that she’d send Millie to someone else who needed help. 

16. Mafadden has written a sequel featuring Millie working for a different family. Will you be reading it? Why or why not? It is next on my list! But of course. If there is a sequel to a book, and I’m aware of it, I won’t even buy the first book without picking up the second copy with it, or borrowing it from the library. I need to know how things end. Honestly, McFadden could make an entire series of Housemaid books, and I’d read them all. And I sort of hope that they turn it into a movie or TV series. I’d definitely take the time to watch it! 

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MUSES LIST UPDATE.

REMOVE:

Amy March

Gemina

Effie Trinket

Kevin Keller

Storm & Kryn

Grey’s Muses 

Zoey Clarke 

Austen Wines 

ADD:

Val’kyrie Feyrer & Fable

Lindsay Walker & Heather Chen

Daisy Calloway

Sabrina Spellman ( x2 )

Elain Archeron

Daniela Dimitrescu

Opal

Kate Bishop

Yara Flor

Heather Nill

Sarah Cameron (if she’s not already there) 

Audrey Hope 

Zoe Nightshade

CHANGE:

Vex –– Melissa Barrera

Rachel –– Natalie Portman

Danielle –– Millie Brady

Alexandra - ???

Cheryl - Asena Keskinci

[thatpunkmaximoff]

Story: 5 out 5 Smut: 0 out of 5

Wow. What the hell did I just read?!

One moment I think I have things figured out, then the next I’m questioning what I think I know. And then I’m back to thinking I was right in the first place, and oh my god!

This book is amazing. I loved it.

At first I didn’t wanna continue reading because Nina Winchester rubbed me the wrong way, but then when I picked up the book for the second time, the suspense had me in a chokehold and I read 200+ pages in one sitting.

If you love suspense and questioning what you think you know, then pick up this book asap. You won’t regret it.

Now here are my rambling thoughts:

* “If I leave this house, it will be in handcuffs. I should have run for it while I had the chance. Now my shot is gone. Now that the police officers are in the house and they’ve discovered what’s upstairs, there’s no turning back.”

* Oohhhhh, I’m intrigued. What’s upstairs?

* So the landscaper is… weird. Was he trying to warn her?

* Wtf is on Millie’s record that’s preventing her from being hired anywhere 🤔

* Prison?! Ooohh, girl. What did you do?

* Landscaper is definitely trying to warn her. What is going on in the Winchester house?

* Yeah… Nina is cuckoo. Get out of there, Millie!

* The daughter Cecelia is a little twat.

* What the fuck is Nina’s problem? I really hope it’s her body they find that was in the prologue. Fuck this bitch.

* Woo. Nina is pissing me the fuck off.

* Those PTA moms are a bunch of backstabbing bitches. But at least we know that Nina truly is crazy.

* Goddamn. She tried to kill her own daughter?!

* Okay, on a side note, is Nina really crazy? Everyone says there’s twists in this story so now I’m thinking the husband is just too good to be true. If he’s the one with the money and has a prenup, then why is he putting up with Nina’s bat shit crazy antics? What’s it in for him to keep that relationship going? If anything, it’s Nina who would be doing everything to please her husband, but it’s the husband trying to please her? Wtf is going on?

* So no baby for Nina. Isn’t that a good thing?

* Uh oh. There was a zing between Millie and Andrew. They’re definitely gonna bone lol.

* They’re drunk and kissing 🤦🏻‍♀️ Nina’s gonna have a shit fit when she finds out because let’s be real… SHE WILL!

* Called it. Nina totally knows 😂 And she just outed Millie as being an ex-convict. I was originally rooting for Millie, but you don’t sleep with married men. Smh. And Andrew is rubbing me the wrong way now.

* Oh shit. Andrew kicked Nina out 😨 He wants a divorce! Things are about to get way ugly.

* Lmao. Who the fuck is Enzo and what does he know!?!

* Damn. He fucked her in the attic and then what.. locked her in..?

* Wait… Nina’s happy to have gotten rid of Andrew? IS ANDREW THE BAD GUY?!

* Holy. Fuck. He locked Nina in the attic when they were first married. ANDREW IS THE BAD GUY!!! But why the fuck was Nina such a bitch to Millie after hiring her? I’m so confused.

* Ohhhhh. And now it all makes sense. I can’t believe Enzo was in on it. At least he wants to help Millie now, but fuck… they shouldn’t have done that to her to begin with.

* Holy shit! Nina is way fucking smarter than I gave her credit for.

* Fuckkkkk. Nina took the fall.

* The detective!!! Oh my god!!

* Goddamn. Andrew’s mom is the true psycho 😬

* Fuckkkk. She took on another job with a housewife being abused. Nina recommended her to the new client. She’s the housemaid assassin lol. Wtf!!!!

[millieduboisart]

reunited

[yateshq]

Cape Elizabeth, Maine.

Berry juice staining your fingers. Scratching at a bug bite. Clothes that smell of a bonfire. Saltwater sticking in your hair. Scurrying up to the lighthouse with your friends and a bottle of wine. Watching the sunset on the dock. 

Welcome back to Camp Laurel. 

WHERE? Camp Laurel, a fictional summer camp in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Oh and this is a dash event

WHEN? Wednesday July 1st at 5 PM EST to Tuesday, July 7th at 2 PM EST

DETAILS BELOW

Last year, when Yates Junior Darren McLeod decided to rent out an entire summer camp on the coast of Maine, everyone was excited for a unique experience. They had assumed it was a one time thing, the boy whose family could buy the entirety of New England buying out the grounds for students to run wild for a summer week. And they did make it an unforgettable week. It was less Walden Pond and more Wet Hot American Summer. 

The Yates students singlehandedly cleared out the only liquor store by Camp Laurel. Clothes laid strewn along the sandy beaches all week as students skinny dipped, much to the chagrin of the camp’s neighbors. Rumor says twenty students participated in an orgy in Cabin Hydra, and everyone claims they were part of it.

It seemed like the kind of week you couldn’t recreate, a perfect encapsulation of all the societies that was bound to live on like a legend. But then Darren popped molly with his friends by the campfire, and after a bottle of champagne he quickly called the owners. The next day he woke up with no memory of permanently purchasing the camp in his family’s name and forty missed calls from his parents after realizing a couple hundred thousand had been drained from their bank account.

While the camp still operates as a retreat for youth most of the summer, for one week in July the place is cleared out, and Darren’s determined to make the events of last summer happen again. So pack your bathing suits, your bug spray and lots of ibuprofen for your inevitable hangover. It’s time to go to camp again. 

This year, the students of Yates have been divided up into two teams. Team Nebula and Team Supernova. You will be sharing cabins with your teammates, as well as participating in Camp Wars together. IC, the winners will be determined by a series of games, including beach volleyball, three legged race, canoe race, and a sandcastle contest among others. However, we the admins will determine the winners by how many tasks are created from the list below. The team with the most points at the end of the week will be crowned the winners. Winning has little reward except for bragging rights among your fellow society members and a secret reward that I will not reveal yet. Each of the following activities is worth A POINT EACH. We’ve created a tag, #YATESPOINTS, for you to post these. Good luck! 

Posting an outfit edit/moodboard/aesthetic

Posting an event playlist

Making an Instagram post

Making a Snapchat post

Posting an event Tweet

Making a manip for the event

You can find your teammates and cabin mates below: Team Nebula

(Andromeda Cabin)

Lillian Voronin

Fitz Montgomery

Anita De Jesus

Saffie Albright

Tanner Isaacs

Sloane Taylor

Henry Peters

Florian Henneberg

(Hydra Cabin)

Leo Albright

Jade Vasser

Carson James

Delia Montgomery

Hennish Kennedy

Mateo Sanchez

Orpheus Rivera

Rocky Morales

Team Supernova

(Orion Cabin)

Lydia Radcliffe

Carmen Peck

Darby Albright

Harrison Hadlee

Reid Peters

Syre Salinger

Daria Wright

Sophie Castle

(Lyra Cabin)

Kingston Everett

Ines Barnett

Millie Kennedy

Ellie Aldenkamp

Victoria Calloway

Romeo Sokolov

Brynn Wright

Salem Brooks

[upstxns]

(DARREN BARNET, CISMALE) - Have you seen ANDREW UPSTON? DREW is in HIS SENIOR year. The SOCIOLOGY MAJOR is 24 years old & is a SCORPIO. People say HE is OBSERVANT, PROTECTIVE, RESENTFUL and IRASCIBLE. Rumors say they’re a member of HASTINGS SOCIETY. I heard from the gossip blog that HE PUBLISHED A BESTSELLING NOVEL UNDER A PSEUDONYM SO HE COULD CUT HIMSELF OFF FROM HIS FAMILY.

trigger warning: death

basic info

full name: andrew richard upston

birth date: november 21, 1995

pronouns: he/him

hometown: new york, ny

sexuality: bisexual

height: 5′11″

eye color: brown

hair color: brown

build: athletic

tattoos: “i feel infinite” across his upper back, written in his brother’s handwriting (from a note his brother wrote him once), various others but that’s the important one

piercings: none

style: varies from day to day, his style is whatever the fuck he wants

favorite color: gray

favorite food: pizza

zodiac: scorpio sun, scorpio moon, aries rising

mbti: infj

hogwarts house: gryffindor

enneagram: type 8 wing 7

temperament: choleric-phlegmatic

alignment: chaotic neutral

bullet points because i don’t have the energy to write a full bio today xoxo

as the oldest son of richard and helen upston, he was -- of course -- meant to take over the family business someday

he played the dutiful son act for most of his life, work first play later blah, blah -- he played as hard as he worked, though, but he didn’t see a problem so long as he got done what he needed to beforehand

he started in karate at a young age, got kicked out because he didn’t take the sensei seriously, then enrolled in a different dojo where he did a lil better

made it to brown belt level before dropping out to play hockey in high school (hockey was less involved when he was younger, so while the training was there, he had time to do both)

track came in the off season so he wouldn’t injure himself in a contact sport

the upston lineage traces back to yates all the way to its inception, so he was a legacy through and through

a calloway legacy at that, and through his junior year he was a member of the society

(DEATH TW) he was never as close to his younger brother as he would’ve liked, but tate was still his brother no matter what, and when he got the call after the accident, he dropped everything to be there

tate was gone before he arrived, but he stayed by millie’s bedside that night until she woke up

towards the end of his junior year at yates, he overheard his dad on the phone when he was walking by the office in their home

long story short, he discovered his dad was embezzling the company he worked for -- his mother’s family’s company and the company drew was meant to take over -- and drew knew it was only a matter of time before his dad was discovered, because -- well, his dad wasn’t exactly the brightest crayon in the box

he made the ultimate decision to drop out of yates and try to make a living on his own so he wouldn’t get caught up in his father’s crimes

the problem was........drew wasn’t good at much

sociology had been a throwaway major just so he could get the slip of paper, and the only thing it helped was his ability to read people and situations

(DEATH TW 2) still grieving over his brother’s death from the year before, he started channeling his grief like his therapist had told him countless times before

out on his own on the other side of the country, drew’s risk-taking behavior and overall adrenaline junky-ness led him to work as a stuntman in los angeles, and though it was fun and paid the bills for the most part, he was used to a much better lifestyle

he’d fallen into the underground fighting ring back at yates and found his way again in los angeles, and it was a much more lucrative business than stunts

he took up karate again and earned his second degree black belt while out in la

and during his off time -- he started writing a book

drew had never been the best talker. he always spoke before he thought through his words and usually ended up saying the wrong thing

writing forced him to think about what he was saying, though, and he was actually pretty good at it

he published his book -- a coming of age story featuring a boy with more than a few similarities to tate, and maybe a few others he had strong connections with back in nyc and yates -- under a pseudonym, because if the book did well, he wanted it to be his money and not get caught up in his family’s affairs. and if it did poorly, well, nobody would be the wiser

it did really well, though. topped all the bestseller lists, even without him doing a book tour to protect his identity

the only people who know he wrote rapidfire (don’t @ me i can’t think of a better title) are his agent and therapist

now that he’s financially independent, he’s cut himself off from his family completely

(was originally going to help his mother out, until he found out she was the brains behind the operation which -- should’ve been obvious because his dad’s an idiot)

he’s living in an apartment off campus, feeling weird living in hastings since he was so connected to calloway during his first tenure at yates

reported his family to the proper authorities, basically only to save his own skin and make sure he didn’t get implicated with them

they’re being investigated, but it’s still hush hush currently so it’s not widespread knowledge

has been back for about two weeks while he’s moved his stuff into his apartment, but hasn’t made his presence known to anyone else

wanted connections

NYC SQUAD!!!

any hook-ups or flings he had in the past, age appropriate of course

himbo squad

friends/frenemies/enemies

anyone who was hurt by his departure (the only person who actually knew he left before he did was millie, and that’s only because she walked in on him packing and they got into a massive fight over it)

fans of his book even though they don’t know he wrote it asdkfj

mmmmm you know i love a good flirtationship

i’m so bad at wcs i’m so sorry, thanks for reading!!

[milliekennedy]

(KATIE DOUGLAS, CISFEMALE) - Have you seen MILLICENT KENNEDY? MILLIE / MILS is in HER FRESHMAN year. The UNDECIDED MAJOR is TWENTY years old & is an ARIES. People say SHE is AUDACIOUS, INSPIRED, BLUNT and SHATTERED. Rumors say they’re a member of CALLOWAY HOUSE. I heard from the gossip blog that THEY’VE SUCCESSFULLY BEEN A DRUG MULE ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.  

temptation reared its ugly head again! a female muse was calling to me. my soul needed it. and now here we are :) 

DEATH TW, DEATH MENTION, CAR ACCIDENT TW, INJURY TW

Millicent Margot Kennedy was the perfect daughter. Was. Past tense. Growing up, she followed in her eldest brother’s footsteps— a good student, a dutiful child, someone who carried the Kennedy name with class and grace. Etiquette classes, piano lessons, and a French tutor on Wednesdays. Millie was a miniature version of her mother.

Her best friend, Tate Upston, countered her well-mannered (some would say boring) nature with an unquenchable sense of adventure. Loud and daring, he did his best to pull her out of her shell. They were each other’s half. And, as it often went with boy/girl friendships, everyone was certain that there was more there. Everyone but Tate and Millie. 

DEATH TW, DEATH MENTION, CAR ACCIDENT TW, INJURY TW: Then came her sophomore year. Just a few months into the school year, Tate had pulled up to her house late at night. Taken his father’s 1969 Boss 429 Mustang for a late night joy right. Millie remembers the feeling of her hand dancing through the air, the window down, and “How to Disappear Completely” playing on the radio. She remembers looking over at Tate and smiling as she watched him sing along. She blocked out everything else after that. According to the records, the roads were slick, they’re taken a turn too fast, and they crashed. Millie woke up with a concussion and two broken ribs. Tate didn’t make it.

Millie took the year off of school to recover. Physically at least, the mental bits she’s still working on. (Shout out to her therapist Ivan.)  Mils continues to deal with survivor’s guilt. Tate had always been the one living life. He was bold and daring. If anyone deserved to live... it felt like the wrong person died. And though she tries to stuff them down, the what ifs get to her too. Namely, what if everyone had been right? What if she really did love him and they were meant to be and now that... gone? What if she lost her shot?

In an attempt to honor Tate, Millie started saying yes to things. Small adventures like stealing champagne bottles at social events, skipping class to go to the movies, trying weed for the first time at a party. Her mother didn’t like her newfound sense of adventure. This was not the daughter she raised. Millie didn’t want to go back to that version of herself though, and so the their relationship became strained.

Started adopting the philosophy of saying yes to anything at least once. 

That philosophy is part of what led her to her secret: drug smuggling. Her family had been traveling over a summer break, hopping around the top of South America: Brazil, Venezuela, then Colombia. Friends introduced her to other friends. The opportunity arose and... Mils offered. Her heart was pounding the entire time. The adrenaline. The fear of getting caught. She got high off of it. She felt alive. And so she did it again her second visit. Sure, the money was good but fuck— the feeling was better.

Millie still goes to therapy once a week. She’s grown close to Ivan, seeing almost as an eccentric uncle rather than her therapist. The sessions help. He’s even gotten her starting a diary. It was supposed to be your standard type: the whole ‘dear diary,’ words, and confessions. That didn’t work too well for Mils. She found it easier to express herself differently. And so her diary or journal— she liked that better — had become a collage of sorts. Magazine clippings and scratches of different colored sharpies. It may not seem like much but the contents are personal. And if anyone other than Ivan saw it, Mils would be mortified. Maybe then people would realize she isn’t doing quite as well as she lets on.

Undecided major ultimately because she couldn’t decide. Her family would love for her to study something like business or law but that’s a reach for her. Art is an option but lately she’s been tugged towards journalism or hospitality. Really she wants to travel. If she had it her way entirely, Millie would be out of school all together. Australia seems like a fun place to start.

Is a hoe for candles. Probably breaks a million school rules with the amount she has in her room. Fire safety? Don’t know her.

Is in Calloway primarily because she’s a legacy. 

WANTED CONNECTIONS: ( i promised myself i’d write specific ones yet... here i am. vague af once again.)

partners in crime

pseudo-siblings

fwb

one-night stand

enemies

unrequited crush (whichever direction, maybe both!)

off and on-esque  — essentially, i don’t see her as having any exes or going for relationships. so this would probably be nothing official (at least from her pov, maybe not theirs). but a close “almost relationship”???

tutor

friends she’s met traveling

ex-friends

fellow candle lovers

another person that sees Ivan the therapist / pseduo-uncle

everything and anything tbh

D R A M A

[botgal]

my first experience with cab calloway was his role as Curtis in Blues Brothers and purportedly he actually wanted to redo Millie The Moocher in a modern style, because he wanted to show off that he could keep up with the musical styles of the day

I wish he had