The Gamble (The Whittingtons, #2)

by Donna Alam

I suppose, as the old adage goes, you don’t know what you have until it’s gone. And then it’s just too fucking late to do anything about it.

fail to prepare is to prepare to fail.”

The phrase that banana is already peeled springs to mind. Act in haste, repent at leisure is another.

“That’s a slippery slope of reasoning, Lavender. Men like that…” He inhales so deeply that I move with the breath. “I yelled at her, but I didn’t hit her. I hit her, but it’s not like I really hurt her. I hurt her, but not so hard that I put her in the hospital. I put her in the hospital, but it’s not like I murdered her. She brought it on herself.”