Sometimes, wanting to impress is what keeps us moving when all we really want to do is curl up in a fetal position and whimper.
So what do I get when I beat everyone? I said.? Corey shook his head. Do you need a wide-load sign for transporting that ego?
See? It’s a menace. We may have escaped a thunder hawk, but ultimately, we will perish . . . killed by my hair.
My point is that your dog has conveniently escaped, just like Hayley did. You don’t think that’s a trap?If it is, then we’ve already been caught. I looked around. Huh. I don’t see the guys with guns y...
Let’s hope they didn’t take the alcohol, too, I said as I stood.Corey shook his head. I think I’m okay-- Another wave of agony doubled him over, retching.I’ll grab a beer from-- Daniel began.No, I’m o...
I’d said to myself once that Gabriel preferred a life where he felt as little responsibility for others as possible. That was true. But even more true is the fact that he preferred a life where others...
If I was crazy, would I know it? That's what being crazy was, wasn't it? You thought you were fine. Everyone else knew better.
I'm going to need to save you.Excuse me? No one needs-I'm saving you, so shut up and be grateful.
I rubbed my face.It’s back to normal, Daniel said.What? I peered at him through my fingers.Your face. It looks normal, so you can stop rubbing. It wasn’t bad before anyway. Just a little…different.He...
I rubbed my face.It’s back to normal, Daniel said.What? I peered at him through my fingers.Your face. It looks normal, so you can stop rubbing. It wasn’t bad before anyway. Just a little…different.
I grabbed her and held her close, whispering, Shhh, as I kept looking and listening.Kenjii nudged me, as if to say, I pulled the rope in. The end wasn’t broken, as I’d hoped, but as I ran it through m...
How about we back up? he said.What?Back up to before we went in the cabin. I was going to tell you what I thought was going on. With you. It starts with that old woman at the tattoo studio. The one wh...
He lifted his brows. If I really thought it was the absolute best thing for our kids, you'd have had a battle on your hands. That was just a debate.With chair-throwing.Heated debate. Fights involve ch...
Don't talk to the crazy kids. I longed to shout back that we weren't crazy. I'd mistaken her kid for a ghost, that's all.I wondered whether they had books about his sort of thing. Fifty Ways to Tell t...
With no chance to take off, I had to play my role, searching for the rendezvous spot, which gave me the excuse to look for an escape opportunity. Maybe a hole in the wall too small for Tori’s mom to f...
When I bumped into him, I said a polite, Hey, and tried to get past.Hey, yourself.He grinned and, in spite of myself, I felt a little flip in my stomach. Rafe wasn’t gorgeous, but he had a sexy, crook...
What did I miss? she said.Dad’s trying to marry me off to Daniel. I looked at him. You know, if you offer him a new truck for a dowry, he might go for it.Apparently, I said the wrong thing, Dad told M...
Religion exists to instill false security and blind faith,
One second he was in my face, making me feel stupid and useless. The next he was like this: hovering, concerned, worried.
Lavina led me to an abandoned warehouse. I think that at some point someone decreed that all clandestine meetings must be held in one. Woe to the criminal overlord who lives in a city thriving with co...