She wanted to have him hold her and tell her all the demons were pretend, that there was no monster in her closet, that everything would be okay. But that was a lie. The demon was in her head, telling her she was too fat. She had to get the demon out. But she couldn't do it by herself.

Hunger (ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010) - ISBN: 9780547505091