Love based on shared experiences and friendship is what helps relationships last.
It was awkward, too. People didn’t know what to say after the accident. In fact, I didn’t want anyone to say anything. What I needed was someone to listen. Few of my friends understood that.
In case you hadn’t noticed, there isn’t any heat in this place. Nolan set the baseball bat aside and moved to the far wall to look at the radiator. What’s wrong with it? How like a man to ask stupid q...
I wish you and Dad had known him the way I did, she said wistfully. He’s such a contradiction. Rough and surly on the outside, but gentle and compassionate on the inside. It sounds as though you’re de...
I kissed her. His words were met with silence and then, How was it? On a scale of one to ten, it was about a hundred.
I ignored what was going on behind my back because that was the only way I could deal with it.
He’s worried, Scotty explained patiently. A man should be able to let off a little steam when he’s got something heavy on his mind. For being eight, the kid was all right.
He left the building, fury propelling his steps, and got into his car. Feeling the way he did just then, Ian realized he shouldn’t be driving, but he wasn’t about to sit outside this apartment. Not wh...
Furious, she grabbed his tie and jerked him into the apartment. You can come inside, she said.
Ellie, Phillip added forcefully. Sit down and keep your mouth closed for once in your life. Our daughter loves a good man.
Don't make assumptions. Ask and let me explain. Don't decide what you think I feel.
As the spiritual coordinator for this part of Tacoma, Celeste Chapeaux had been assigned to oversee Harry.
All right, why the glum face now? I get that you messed up, but you need to pick yourself up and move on.
Addie had always considered the holidays an extra-special time of year. Magic hung in the air, and people were gentler, kinder to one another. Differences were set aside, friendships deepened, and peo...
A good friendship—like this one with Hallie—endured. It sustained you during times of crisis. It was there for you during the good times and the bad.
Waltz back into our lives as if nothing had happened. We were dealing with Dad’s death and I wasn’t about to take on her problems, too. I’m not going to argue with you, sweetheart. Like I said, you di...
Shouldn’t go unpunished. He dragged the man to the very tree where he’d chained the poor dog and wrapped the chain around him, securing him to the tree. That wouldn’t be the only penalty the drunkard...
Now? When she looked at herself she saw her outside changing, growing older, while inside she still felt young. Aging was a strange thing—made you feel like you were wearing a striped shirt and plaid...
For every loss there is an equal or greater gain. Often humans have to search for it, though.
Dialed Joy Fuller’s number. Joy answered brusquely on the first ring. Yes, she