He has a bit of a dumbstruck expression on his face, just as I did when I first saw the house. "I know, it's a bit much." "No..." he replies politely, then grins. "OK, it's a lot. I mean how many mines worth of marble are in this place? What does your stepdad do again?" "Well, he's not my stepdad...
The clock has ticked away thirty, forty-five minutes, and I’ve paced every inch of the floor. A security guard has explained to me five times that I can’t go into the women’s locker room, and I’ve come painfully close to punching him in the jaw. I’ve run through every possible scenario of what wi...
Not even after spending hours in a makeshift morgue, identifying his fellow SEALS’ brutalized bodies post-combat. Not after carrying John miles through desert, while his useless leg dangled and bled and soured. Even then, he’d been able to imagine nourishment. But the usual motivations weren’t go...
I have to make a call," I instruct Jo as I cut the engine inside my garage. The door shuts behind us and the dim overhead bulb on the motor flickers on. "No. First tell me what's going on," she says. Her voice quavers slightly but her gaze is steely. "I mean, who was that guy?" "He's…he's this gu...
I'm going to have to ask my dad for some money, is what it comes down to. Some of the other rich kids I grew up with had a trust fund to look forward to when they hit twenty-one, but not me. I know that I could ask Jack for money, but I don't want to make him responsible for me. He's always been ...
Romy woke to Goofy's frantic barking at the front door. She dressed hastily, throwing on one of Bryson's discarded white t-shirts and a pair of Sofis, and followed the noise to the door. “What's wrong, puppy?” she asked her pet, stooping to ruffle his ears and squinting out at the hazy early dayl...
He couldn’t help it. Something about this woman made him fall in love with her all over again. He knew he should be cautious, but for tonight, just for tonight, he wanted to throw it all away and be with her. He knelt in beside her, his lips inches from hers. “Come upstairs with me.” She want...
I'm not in my own bed. My eyes travel down to the long arm snaked under my neck and extended out onto the white sheet next to me. I smile and turn my body around achingly slowly. I don't want to wake Logan. His breathing changes slightly as I move, but quickly deepens again. His brow, so often fu...