The Mistress Quotes

“Physical pain. It could be eased with over-the-counter pain relief. But this pain drilling into her head, into her heart, there was no cure for that.”
― Valerie Keogh, The Mistress

“Men always wanted you when you didn’t want them; if you wanted them, they vanished. Far better to be the one to do the vanishing.”
― Valerie Keogh, The Mistress

“In the pain of abandonment, I remember promising that nobody was ever going to hurt me again. Far better to keep the barricades in place.”
― Valerie Keogh, The Mistress

“cheating on her. She wanted to know who the bitch was so she could… do something. ‘Yes, that’s okay. Fire ahead.’ The questions she was asked were initially mundane, the usual name, address, credit card details. ‘We’ll take nothing from your account until we send you a quotation and you send back a signed copy,’ Cailey explained. ‘Our fees are from thirty-five pounds an hour, plus expenses if tracking devices, etc. are required. This will all be explained by your allocated agent. Okay?’ ‘Yes, okay.’ ‘Is this the first time you’ve suspected that your husband might be having an affair?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘And you’ve no idea who she might be?’ ‘No.’ If she did, she wouldn’t need a bloody private investigator.”
― Valerie Keogh, The Mistress