How would your family feel about a fast wedding? He chuckled. Relieved, believe me. My mother’s secret fear is that I’ll die a lonely old man. Paul, you can’t tell your family that one woman is having...
He’s batshit crazy. His little kitten is getting boinked by a fighter jock. Mel
He went for a clean, dry T-shirt and towels and came back to her, kneeling in front of her. Come on, Mel. Let’s get you dry. She lifted her head and looked at him with eyes that were both terribly sad...
He was sure right about Marcie, though. She was a little pistol. A beautiful little pistol who brought sunlight and laughter with her everywhere she went. One determined little girl. She didn’t quit e...
He still had on last night’s trousers. Not a good sign. However, she had not killed him in his sleep—and that was a good sign. She was probably saving his execution for later, when he could feel it. H...
Good Lord, Maureen interrupted him. What did your father and I do to turn you boys off marriage? she asked, half pleading, half annoyed. I thought we had a good marriage, your da and me. He was so won...
Gonna be fun today, he said. You boys, you sure know how get the women all spooled up. Save it. Want me to help you get the bird ready? Yeah, we should do that. Then we make brunch. I’m good with brun...
George, I probably owe you an apology, Maureen said. I don’t think I was as friendly as I could have been when we ran into each other at Jack’s a week or so ago. The fact is, I do remember meeting you...
For the past several years, he’d avoided romantic relationships that could gut him in the end. That whole not-sleeping, feeling the deep ache that came from failure, enduring the sudden loneliness of...
For now, they were inseparable. The three of them. Preacher kept Paige and Christopher under his protective wing, as though danger loomed nearby and might strike at any moment. When there were no patr...
Ew. Exactly. You tell her I was less than perfect and I’m a eunuch. She couldn’t help it, she laughed. Gee, and Peyton seems so sweet.
Eventually Jack said, in his sensitive and mellow voice, Eat the goddamn fucking sandwich. And I mean it. A few seconds later, Rick peeled off the wrapping paper and took a bite, then another bite. Bu...
Even though I don’t stand a chance with Vanni, I have to come clean about how I feel. It’s still too soon after Matt. You gotta believe me, I never wanted anything bad to happen to Matt. Joe gripped P...
Don’t make love to your problems—they’ll never give you back the satisfaction you give them.
Don’t get sloppy, Marcie. If I had a freezer, I might shoot him. You wouldn’t! He smiled at her. I like venison. Don’t you? She thought about that chili Jack had given her, how it melted in her mouth....
Do you remember when I came here after Davie was born? I would listen to you practice your guitar in the early mornings. I didn’t know you were there. I used to pretend you were playing for me. I was...
Dammit, Shelby, he said. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. And warned me and warned me and warned me… You should be with a serious young man who will protect you and take care of you, not someone like me....
Could someone like me get into that? Small town like that? They have a midwife and everyone loves her. Luke laughed. You’d have some stiff competition. What I mean is, could someone younger than thirt...
Can I throw in a load of clothes for you? she asked. I’ll take care of that. Listen, you don’t have to clean up after me. She laughed at him. John, I spend all day in the kitchen, collecting your pots...
At first it appeared to be an intense need to right a wrong, to protect—typical of Preacher. He was that kind of man—tough on the outside and soft on the inside. Justice and loyalty—those values were...