Love in the Time of Serial Killers

by Alicia Thompson

“Then I come over, and the door is unlocked,” he said. “Didn’t you tell me that all Dateline episodes start with the door being unlocked?”

“Nice is a bullshit word, anyway,” he said. “Nice is just surface politeness. Screw being nice.”

“You do that a lot. Bring up serial killer stuff when the topic turns more serious.” “What could be more serious than mass murder?”