Even though he’d just given me a sweet kiss, I knew this was different. My breath hitched, but I tried not to show any other signs of my extreme anticipation. “Okay,” I coolly said. I may even have shrugged a tiny bit. His mouth—and those lips—quirked up in a little ...
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Damn it. Sawyer watched as the little Subaru made its way out of the parking lot and toward the bridge. He sat for a while longer. From where he was parked, he could see her car cross the bridge. At Bob’s Mobil, she turned toward the houses of East End. He was tempt...
Danny’s empty chair mocked us all. Jack Schiller had merely laughed at my demand for information, further infuriating me. He’d followed the boys into the room with Danny’s body and I’d waited out in the hall, giving Lorelei a quick call to let her know the rest of the boys were okay and accounted...
~ Unknown Three weeks later Charlie ran his finger along the folded napkins on Petey’s kitchen table. He’d never seen a napkin rose in his life, and now he’d seen one twice in a matter of weeks. Damn, could he not shake the memory of her? It was driving him nuts. He’d made the rounds of people ...