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She silences the ringer and peers at the screen. “It’s work.” “Somebody better be dead,” Noah mutters. Chelsey smiles at Noah’s wry sense of humor. She is a police officer, a detective. Most likely, somebody is dead.
lol
Chelsey’s lips twitched, hating the implication that being born female made you automatically guilty of something.
Have you ever felt that way about someone? As if the two of you invented love?
That the truth is these people are not strangers. They are the men who you sleep with, the men you work with, the men you raise. I wish this wasn’t what it means to be female—it is not a matter of if something bad will happen, but when.
Everyone knew girls with daddy issues rebelled.
ouch
More than anything, Chelsey wishes there was a way to know when you were experiencing the happiest moments of your life.
Jimmy is left-handed, and his father had forced him to use his right. When Kat had been pregnant with Sam, Jimmy made a big deal of never asking his kid to change.
He should have taught his daughters that you cannot save yourself from heartbreak. You cannot save yourself from grief.
People are conditioned to believe girls plus bad choices equals bad things. It’s a type of inoculation. Lead a good life, and nothing heinous will befall you. But no one is invulnerable. No one untouched.
When she was in high school, it was hair feathers, fishtail braids, and Silly Bandz. Noah says now it’s white eyeliner and flannels.
lol literally
She gazes at him with all the love she feels but cannot say.
Once upon a time, she’d told him she saw her future in the spinning vinyl and in between the lines of lyrics.
He also loves Creedence Clearwater Revival. “Born on the Bayou” is his favorite, with “Have You Ever Seen the Rain?” a close second.
CLASSICS
“There isn’t a right way to heal,”
The greatest trick the devil ever played wasn’t convincing others he didn’t exist, but that your friends were your enemies.
“If you want to sleep in a crawlspace, I’ll build a bed there for you. If you want to hit someone, you can hit me. If you need exits, I’ll open windows. If you don’t want to be touched, I will sit next to you. If you panic, I will find a paper bag for you to breathe into,” he vows.
Ellie lived with such intensity.
sometimes bad memories become good ones.
Since Waco, the FBI has had a directive to avoid civilian tragedies.
I LOVE WHEN CULT BOOKS MENTON WACO
Then and there, I promised to give Grace all my tomorrows.
Surprise dusts the woman’s features. “Fox face,” she says to Chelsey, and the truth registers, locks into place as sure and swift as a deadbolt. Not Annie but Lydia. Aged fifteen years. Resurrected. Her long-lost sister. Not a victim but a captor. Alive.
HOLY PLOT TWIST
Why did no one ever tell Lydia that the most dangerous thing in the world isn’t natural disasters or wars or weapons? It is unremarkable men with beautiful smiles and even bigger promises.
Because what is grief but the other side of love?
