Betrayal Quotes

“EVEN AS SHE STOOD teary-eyed before the cold oak casket and scores of familiar mourners, Cassi could not convince her psyche that she had been forever cleaved from her twin. She took a deep breath. The aromas of white lilies and freshly turned earth took her tumbling back to her parents’ funeral. It seemed at once like only yesterday and yet so long ago. As then, today felt neither real nor right.”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“Cassi was beaming as she walked through the door, causing Wiley to swallow hard. She really could brighten a room. She paused halfway to his desk to look around. “You know I’ve never been inside this office before. It looks bigger than my loft. What do you have back there?” She nodded to the door he had just come through. “The secret files, or a private bath?”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“It doesn’t,” he said, shaking his head as she feigned disappointment. “You’re going to have to wait five years for that. In the meantime, it makes you Second Lady—come a year from January anyway.”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“Have any shots been fired?” Cassi asked, remembering that this was the second time she had negotiated with a man named Elvis and wondering if that could be pure coincidence. “Not a one.”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“Hold on a minute,” Odi interrupted. “There were other incidents? Other attacks?”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“Good morning yourself,” Wiley said, kissing her cheek. “Cassi, allow me to introduce Stuart.” The third wheel held out his hand. “Stuart Slider.”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“As alarm bells went off in his mind, Odi wondered if the al-Qaeda sniper had some new high-tech equipment that allowed him to home in on a target using radio waves. He would report that possibility—if he ever got home.”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“When his count reached thirty children he stopped. Five more hours at six children per hour would take him to eight o’clock. He crouched down before a two-year-old girl. Lily was her name if he remembered correctly. He said, “Hello Beautiful,” and stroked her hot cheek with the back of his hand. He took the cap off the iodine and wet the tip of his index finger. He drew a semicircle on her forehead and added two dots. To him it was a smiley face, but if asked he would say it was a moon and two stars. Turning to the mother he said, “Your daughter will be the last patient of the day.”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“What’s the target?” Flint asked, mindlessly shaving the hair on his forearm with the oiled blade of his Ka-Bar knife.”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“Odi wanted to leap over the desk, grab his boss by the ears and put a knee through his smug face, but he knew that would not help his team. Instead he bit back his frustration and tried to suck it up like a good soldier. “That won’t be necessary, sir.”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“. . Click cover”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“Please come in,” he said in Farsi, holding open the door. The next woman in line bowed slightly, her baby cradled tight. Though she would not meet his gaze, Ayden knew that there was joy in her eyes.”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“Wiley looked around for a boy and”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“Wiley was not entirely certain that he even slept. Yet he was always awake, alert, and controlled. What a bastard.”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“Philosophy and Mathematics. After military service and work as a financial analyst and foreign-exchange trader, he earned an MBA in Finance and an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton and Lauder Schools. Thank you for taking the time to read about the author. Tim is most grateful for his loyal”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“Smart move, Elvis. Smart move. Just do me a favor. As you walk to your car, keep your hands in plain sight.”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“What the devil are you doing here in the middle of the night?” Wiley asked. “Do you need another hole in your head?”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“I see,” Cassi said, clearly not believing him but apparently willing to play along. Her eyes twinkled. “So how does that make me First Lady?”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“SPECIAL AGENT ODYSSEUS CARR looked up at the graying tiles of his boss’s ceiling and began counting to ten. He almost made it to three. “What do you mean, I can’t brief my men? They’re putting their lives at risk, commander. Big risk. These aren’t stone-throwers you’re asking us to kill. These are the guys who took out the World Trade Center.”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“Wiley saw a flash of confusion cross Cassi’s brow. She appeared unsure if he was being goofy or serious. “Dish really is sick? Carver really asked you to join him on the ticket?” “Yes and no,” Wiley said. “Yes, Dish really is sick. And no, President Carver has not asked me to be his running mate—not yet. But he will.”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“Potchak spat again and then sat down, signaling a truce. Odi followed suit. “There are usually just two men armed with AKs. One guards the entrance to the central building; the other walks a perimeter patrol. You’ll have no problem taking them out with synchronized sniper shots. Use those shots as a starting gun, as your team’s cue to begin the assault runs.”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“Gripping the receiver with flustered fingers, she had wanted to scream, to yell, “You promised!” But instead she gracefully offered to cook him a gourmet brunch in the morning. By her reckoning, he had paused a second too long before accepting. But he had said yes. Thus far she had taken everything Wiley had told her at face value. If he had said no, she admitted to herself with not a little shame, she would have spent the night searching for the other woman.”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“FBI Counterterrorism Response Team Headquarters, Quantico, VA SPECIAL AGENT ODYSSEUS CARR looked up at the graying tiles of his boss’s ceiling and began counting to ten. He almost made it to three. “What do you mean, I can’t brief my men? They’re putting their lives at risk, commander. Big risk. These aren’t stone-throwers you’re asking us to kill. These are the guys who took out the World Trade Center.”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“There are usually just two men armed with AKs. One guards the entrance to the central building; the other walks a perimeter patrol. You’ll have no problem taking them out with synchronized sniper shots. Use those shots as a starting gun, as your team’s cue to begin the assault runs.”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“Commander Potchak stood. He was a head shorter than Odi but built like a fireplug, and every bit as tough. “What’s your point?”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“sense that, and did not ask. Instead he inclined his head toward the daycare center and said, “It’s kind of sad if you think about it. They should be spending their weekends with their parents.” It was a much more sensitive comment than she would have expected from him, Cassi thought. Perhaps there was a heart beneath Stuart Slider’s dark veneer. As she contemplated that unexpected twist, he refilled their champagne flutes. “Speaking of morning tea,” she said,”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“Odi leaned forward and rested predatory palms on the edge of Potchak’s metal desk. “My point, sir, is that we’re giving up a crucial advantage if we don’t rehearse. I want to give my men every available advantage. They deserve no less.”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“Odi leaned forward and rested predatory palms on the edge of Potchak’s metal desk. “My point, sir, is that we’re giving up a crucial advantage if we don’t rehearse. I want to give my men every available advantage. They deserve no less.” Potchak did not twitch or blink. He just stared back cold and hard for a couple seconds and then said, “If you’re not up to it, Agent Carr, I’ll give Echo Team to Waslager. He’s been itching to go international. You can sit this one out—in isolation of course.”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“Betrayal changes a man. Betrayal makes him worry about things he never worried about before. It makes him worry about things like self-preservation.”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal

“Mutual suffering bred solidarity when testosterone was not involved”
― Tim Tigner, Betrayal