A person who has been up close when a gun is fired into another human being never mistakes the sound of a gunshot for something else.
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Badness doesn’t come all at once. The dominoes fall over time. You hurt someone by mistake and they let you get away with it. Then you try hurting them on purpose, and they still stick around. And the...
Jeffrey felt too blindsided
Every time Kate got an inkling that she might live, she remembered what her life was like and wondered if it was worth the effort.
Claire didn’t argue because Lydia was older and she always got to drive. She opened the mudroom door and left it unlocked. At this point, Claire welcomed the burglars to return. She would’ve left cook...
As I expected, Paul immediately apologized for not asking me whether or not he could date Claire. He is nothing if not a good mimic of appropriate behaviors. Had we been in person rather than on the t...
Age is a cruel punishment for youth.
More time passed, the clock ticking forward when she longed for it to go back
I want you to know that this is what happens when you meet the person you are supposed to spend the rest of your life with: that restless feeling dissolves like butter.
And then she got older, and . . . Lydia shook her head. Having a teenager is like having a really, really shitty roommate. They eat all your food and steal your clothes and take money out of your purs...