High Stakes Frankie Quotes

“Okay, I know I'm a smartass. And you're probably thinking, correctly, that I need to know when it is ideal to keep my wise-cracking mouth shut. But in my defense, my mouth has always been this way.”
― Roberto Scarlato, High Stakes Frankie

“You could say that the following story is "not true." But you would only be half right.”
― Roberto Scarlato, High Stakes Frankie

“Imagine this; this poor guy, who I'm sure was all the way down the hall, waiting for me to enter this deathtrap, probably thought he had it easy. All he had to do was unlock the room, step inside, maybe say a quippy one-liner, apply gentle pressure to the trigger and...Ffft! That would be the end of me. Now, I dunno if it was his job to roll me like a plastic burrito and get me out of the room or if there were a second guy to do that. But, I gummed up his works.”
― Roberto Scarlato, High Stakes Frankie

“Tan Suit reached in his pocket. Green Dress reached in her purse. I clutched my family jewels, not knowing what to expect.”
― Roberto Scarlato, High Stakes Frankie