The Short Drop (Gibson Vaughn, #1)

by Matthew FitzSimmons

I was ignorant, but only because I allowed myself that luxury.

You were loyal or you weren’t; it wasn’t something you learned.

Hope is a cancer. One of two things happens. Either you never learn the truth, in which case it gnaws down to the bone until there’s nothing left, or worse, you do, and you go through that windshield at ninety because hope told you it was okay to make the drive without a seat belt.”