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Maybe not all change was bad.
“It feels like kicking a litter of kittens.”
She loved it. It was the perfect place to start a family.
Giving up that house is like giving up on all her dreams.”
“I’ll say since she had no intention of getting in bed with you.”
Again. As long as you’re a pleasant distraction and not another mess to fix, I won’t destroy your life.”
“So that’s what it feels like to have an obnoxious meddler sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong,”
ignoring the way “palate cleanser” rubbed me the wrong way.
our girl
that in fifteen days her money troubles are officially over if she’s willing to k...
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“Take a walk with me,” she said. Uh-oh.
“Sometimes you don’t need a history to see the future,” I said, sounding like a damn fortune cookie. She squeezed my arm. “I meant, in her entire life, my daughter has never jumped into anything, especially bed with someone.”
She gives until she’s got nothing left.”
I don’t like talking about your daughter’s sex life with you.”
I see how you’re taking care of my girl.
I never once saw Warner bring her a cup of coffee. Never once saw him do anything that benefited her unless it benefited him too.
“She left Warner and drove straight to you without even knowing it. Isn’t that something?”
“He’s so bossy,”
“How was your first day, kid?”
Seeing her curves all wet like that was messing with my head.
“Thanks,” she said, bending over in front of me to run the towel through her hair.
A man only had so much self-control, and I’d just reached my limit.
“Jesus, Daze. I see you like this, and I can’t wait to get back in your bed.”
“I’d fuck you right here if I thought for a second I could get away with it.”
“I hate that about you.”
“OhmygodyouhadsexwithKnox!”
“Okay, here’s how it’s gonna go,” Fi said. “You’re going to tell us everything, and in exchange, we won’t tell anyone anything.”
“Temporarily,” I said with emphasis.
Making “weird” comments about her mom. Chloe and Nina got in trouble for defending her.
Me: Thanks for letting me know.
“Don’t play games with me. I know who you are.”
“I treat her the way the daughter of a whore deserves to be treated.” “Excuse me?” “You heard me.”
“Someone’s in a good mood,” Milford, the line cook, observed.
I wondered exactly how big of a dick I usually was that made my good mood breaking news,
then decided I didn’t really ...
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“Where’s Naomi?” I asked. “Don’t you take that tone with me today, Knoxy. I will break your face.”
Tears were my kryptonite.
pissed off.
I’m thrilled to be working tonight.”
Thought it would be more fun this way.” I closed my eyes and started to count to ten. “Why haven’t I fired you yet?”
“Yeah. I’m paying her to be here, and she’s not here.”
Silver
warned. This was why I didn’t come near Honky Tonk during Code Red, which is how I labeled it in my calendar.
“Waylay is missing,” Amanda announced,
ignored the speed limit and stop signs on the short drive to the elementary school and noticed Lou did the same behind me.
and hated the fact that she was wearing it to serve beer to men who weren’t me.
“She’s got her mother’s blood, doesn’t she? There’s nothing innocent about any of you,”
You certainly didn’t deserve what your husband and my sister did to you. However, you are responsible for not just teaching these students but for making them feel safe in your classroom.
“She’ll do it too,” Lou cut in proudly. “She won’t stop until you’re out of the classroom. And the rest of us will be there to back her up every step of the way.”
Now I can’t even look at him.
