In the Loham family Paul isn’t the only sociopath. Claire, Paul’s wife, is one also. The first fact that gives the reader a sign something isn’t right with her, is when Paul admits to her that he’s off his meds, and Claire says she already knows. “At first I thought: what’s he up to? But suddenly, I saw my old Paul again. And then I knew: I wanted my old Paul back. That was the Paul I loved… that I love. That's the Paul I love more than anything else in the world.” (Koch 274-275). By saying this, Claire is telling us that she likes Paul better when he’s a sociopath. This is foreshadowing to later on when we realize that Claire too, is a sociopath. The leading example showing she is a sociopath is when Serge, Paul, Claire, and Babette discuss
