It is a father’s job to love his daughter in the way that she needs to be loved.
I said he was a shitty agent, not a shitty politician. Claire still couldn’t read the man’s expression. You don’t sound like a fan. Nolan clasped his hands together on the table. On the surface, it se...
I must confess, sweetheart, that I have been neglecting my wall of clues. My useless gallimaufry, your mother called it on the one and only occasion she deigned to look at my work. I sagely agreed wit...
I hate rape cases. You don’t throw a murder case to a jury and they ask, ‘Well, was the guy really murdered or is he lying because he wants the attention? And what was he doing in that part of town? A...
Estevez,
Curiosity broke her earlier resolve. Have you ever been tested?No. He stood behind Sara, holding the camera in front so she could see. Zoom here, he said, flicking the toggle.You could probably-This i...
Claire hates you now. She believes me. She will never, ever take you back. We are never ever ever getting back together. Taylor Swift. How many times had Dee played that song after she caught He...
Carver is a charming man with a soft voice that makes you believe he is always confiding in you. He is courteous and attentive, which I wonder about, because is this his natural disposition, or has he...
Acid filled Sara’s mouth.It wasn’t fair.That’s what Sara wanted to say. To scream at the top of her lungs.It just wasn’t fair.Lena wasn’t strong. She would bend, not break. She would recover from this...
These were the qualities that painted young men as smart and ambitious and young women as trouble.
Because if a man rejects a woman, she goes home and cries for a few days. If a woman rejects a man, he can rape and kill her. I
You’re supposed to be my lawyer. You’re supposed to be a human being,
You could only ever see a thing when you were standing outside of it.
You can only make decisions with the information you have at the time
Will thought of her time away from work the way he used to think of his schoolteachers crawling into their caves under the school building at night, lulling themselves to sleep with dreams of torturin...
Used to be, only bikers and outlaws had tattoos. They were so commonplace now that they weren’t even a statement. Unless the statement was, Look, I’m like everybody else. Her
To explain that she knew how marriages worked, understood the petty grievances that could build up. She should tell Charlie that it didn’t matter. That if you loved someone, you should do everything y...
There was no part of this house that felt inviting. Paul's cold, calculating hand could be seen behind every choice. The concrete on the entryway floor was polished to a dark mirror straight out of Sn...
The office looked the same as it had been the day before. Claire sat down at the desk. She hesitated as she reached out to tap the keyboard. This was a red pill/blue pill moment. Did she really want t...
That was what he was like. He always changed the subject with flattery. He was usually more artful. It’s hard to describe how someone has manipulated you because you’re generally not aware of it when...