“Took you long enough,” I said to Murphy. “I was going to run out of actual sentences and just start screaming incoherently.” “That’s what happens when your vocabulary count is lower than your bowling average.” “Me not like woman with smart mouth,” I said. “Woman shut smart mouth and get me free or no wild monkey love for you.” She found the right key and got the shackles off me. My wrists and ankles ached. “You had me scared,” I said. “Until you called me Mister Dresden, I almost believed he’d gotten to you.”
