No Exit

by Taylor Adams

This is how people die, she realized with a shiver. In blizzards, people get trapped out in rural areas and run out of gas. They freeze to death.

You’re the reason Dad left us, she remembered saying. And if I could have chosen him instead of you, I would have. In a heartbeat. In a fucking heartbeat, Maya.

Whoever seems like the nicest character, at first, will always turn out to be the asshole in the end.”

The easiest lies to tell are the true ones.

There’s refuge in normalcy—if you can hold on to it.

Darby preferred to live her life wide-eyed, tormented, running, because nothing can catch you if you never stop.

The difference between a hero and a victim? Timing.

History doesn’t quite repeat itself, but damn, it sure can rhyme.

Don’t fear the pros, Darby. The pros know what they’re doing, and do it cleanly. Fear the amateurs.

Sometimes God puts people exactly where they need to be. Even when they don’t know it.