Turbo Twenty-Three (Stephanie Plum, #23)

by Janet Evanovich

“You should marry Joseph and have a baby,” my mother said. “What are you waiting for?” Good question. I didn’t know the answer. I ate cookies while I thought about it. After five cookies I still didn’t have an answer. It was one of many questions without answers.

“Ranger doesn’t want to marry me,” I said. “He has issues.” “What kind of issues?” Grandma asked. “I don’t know exactly,” I said. “I think he’s working on his karma.” “That’s heavy,” Grandma said.

I agreed. I should have thought to take a picture. Then again, did I really want to immortalize the horror? Truth is, I wanted to forget it. Blot it out of my mind. Erase the memory.

Rex knew he’d get the Froot Loops on his terms. This was pretty much true for all the males in my life…rodents and otherwise.