By morning, she was raw and sore, and knew walking would be an effort. By morning, she could barely remember what it had been like to not know his body, not to have felt him inside her and held him in...
A kid, maybe eight years old, ran up and poked her in the ribs with a plastic laser weapon, making electric zinging noises as he repeatedly pulled the trigger. You’re dead, he said victoriously. His m...
—Mientras tanto, en este lado de la mesa se siente mucha atracción. ¿Qué se siente en el suyo?
You guys take over while I go put on a shirt.Mrs. Kulavich had edged close enough to hear him. She beamed at him. Don't bother on myaccount, she said. Sadie! Mr. Kulavich said in rebuke.Oh, hush, Geor...
She started to tell him so, but the words vanishedunsaid when he abruptly thrust his hands under her skirt, all the way to her waist. Marygave a startled shriek and jerked back, almost oversetting the...
She smiled in the darkness. It is a magic dick, she teased, hoping she could get a laugh out of him. No magic involved. It’s just angles and self-control, honey, angles and self-control. But you can t...
She hadn't been broken; she'd been furious and hurt, but never broken...
Plans? he snorted. I'm ninety-three years old! Who in tarnation makes plans at my age? I could stop breathin' any minute now.
One morning just after Joe had left to drive to his class, Mary walked out to the barn and reflected on her state of hussiness. All in all, she was satisfied with it. Being a hussy had its advantages.
I’ll need a house key, she said as she followed him into the house.Why?The question so stupefied her that she stopped in her tracks and stared at him. So I can get in when you aren’t here, she explain...
It's daylight. Shouldn't you have burned to a crisp, or something? Don't you have to crawl into a coffin? Where do you keep it stashed, anyway?I've never owned a coffin, he admitted, unable to hold ba...
In the rest room next door there was a long, explosive sound of gas releasing, then a contented 'Ahhh.' Grace clapped a hand over her mouth to hold back the hysterical giggle that rose in her throat....
I have a rule: Walk out, crawl back. If a man does the first, then he has to do the second to get back on good terms with me.
Her eyes were raw, burning with the hell inside her.
He lifted her hand to his mouth. The touch of his lips was soft on her scraped palm, the tiny licks of his tongue so light she could barely feel them. Wait. He was licking her?You can't lick me, she s...
Everything feels like the end of the world, and you can't reason with someone who can't see tomorrow.
She shook her head, as if she couldn’t
Once outside, the man stopped, lifted his head, took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, as if the air smelled wonderful to him. Then he turned to Jimmy, his expression hard and serious. We will need an...
Never run if you can walk, never walk if you can stand, never stand if you can sit, and never sit if you can lie. Never talk if you can listen,
Milla was always aware, on the dimmest edge of her consciousness that Diaz constantly watched her.She also knew that he was a man who never gave up, who never lost sight of his goal. Exactly what his...