Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick (Zoey Ashe #2)

by David Wong

[A] flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance. KURT VONNEGUT

When you get sick of what’s in front of you, yeah, fixing it is never as appealing as just walking away and starting fresh. It’s the reason the landfills are choked with stuff that could easily be repaired and it’s the reason action movies are always about killing psychopaths instead of helping them get better mental health meds.

You know how we did that thing with the pig heart yesterday? Well, Zoey eats people for real.” Deedee seemed unimpressed. “It’s a free country. This ain’t Idaho.”

I want real police, but to do it right this time. No sadists or bullies, no guns, no quotas, no arrests for victimless vices.

My father, he needed one of those fresh starts. See, because they’d set the rules so that if you commit a felony at nineteen, you’re locked out of the good jobs for the rest of your life.