I hope I live to see you at sixty-two. I’d like to hear firsthand just how you handle people pushing you around as though you’re some doddering old— I didn’t do that! I’m just being cautious. It’s not...
He opened the door and saw the Jeep. She stood in front of it, leaning against the hood, arms crossed over her chest, getting wet in the freezing drizzle. His heart lurched. Almost three weeks since h...
He didn’t even have the door closed behind him when he heard a wild shriek and Marcie leaped at him, her arms around his neck and her legs wrapped around him. Hey, he laughed, holding her clear of the...
Have you ever known a guy like that? That responsive? That genuine? Yeah, Peyton said. Hank on Royal Pains. When Devon shot her a questioning look, she said, It’s a TV show. In other words, fiction.
Given the fact that Luke and Shelby had been together about a year, Sean didn’t feel as if he was interfering with the honeymoon by hanging around. All that lovey-dovey stuff was not so much about the...
Do we have any more candles? she asked him. Not that I know about. How about flashlights? Yeah, I have a couple of those. Get the strongest one. If he starts to come before John gets here, I might be...
The night, Charlene made the long ride
Didn’t plan this, Jack said. But since it’s you and me—tell me about Brie. Tell you what, Jack? When she was leaving… It looked like there was something…. Spit it out. You and Brie? What? Jack took a...
You’re a lot of trouble, Melinda. I knew from the start you would be. I keep you young, she said tiredly. You do, at that. But I think you’re wearing Jack down. *
You should probably go now. He lifted his head and saw Brie standing in the open patio doors, wearing the same clothes she had worn home from the hospital. Brie, he said, rising. I’ve talked to the de...
This doesn’t have anything to do with any of our, ah, mutual friends, does it? No, Mel. This has nothing to do with Vanessa. Shelby’s eyes grew very round and Cameron looked at her. Before Paul got sm...
The hardest part of training a painter is showing him how to introduce emotion into his work,
She stayed there for a moment longer, then he was beside her again. Nick. I waited, he said. Oh, Nick. Sorry—but I have to mingle. I’m new in town you know. And off the stool she leaped, beer in her h...
Mooommmm-eeeee! What are you dooooo-ing? Sean broke away abruptly and turned scarlet. There, at the end of the couch, stood Rosie, her pajama bottoms and panties missing, Harry standing beside her, hi...
Here’s to me winning the game I didn’t even know I was playing. To you, Paul said grudgingly. After having a sip, Walt said, I know you pretty well, Paul. Before today, I never had a doubt about you....
Careful, Luke, she teased. If you buy my dinner, I’ll think you like me. He put a hand on the small of her back. That’s the problem, he said. I do.
At this moment, I am obscenely happy. Please don’t screw this up or dump me or cheat on me or divorce me.All right, he said.
And he thought—Just give me time. I’m going to get that picture put in storage. *
Me. If you come down here one more time I’m going to call Allison and suggest she have you committed. Seriously,
You should have called me. I could have helped. I was afraid to get involved with someone I didn’t know. I already screwed up on that once. You could be a lunatic for all I know. I could be, but I’m n...