I’m not lying!” he snapped, then took a deep breath. “Last summer, I did go looking for you. And when I couldn’t find you, I went looking for my mom. And that’s not exactly something I’m proud of.” When I shivered again, Zach took off his coat and tried to slip it around my shoulders, but I pushed his arm away. “Don’t,” I said. “Listen to me.” He grabbed my arms, holding me there. “I couldn’t find you. And I will never forgive myself for that. Ever.
It’d be fun, you know. Just once. To wake up Christmas morning with snow on the ground and stockings full of presents that no one had to steal and a house that’s really home.” She reclaimed the teapot and slowly slipped back into the con. “That would be nice. Maybe, someday, we’ll steal that.” On.
Don’t make anything more difficult than it has to be.
But there are things you tell yourself. And there are things you know. And Maddie knew that the one person she could depend on was herself. But that’s okay, she thought. I’m usually enough.
Spies are wise. Spies are strong. But, most of all, spies are patient.
That’s the thing about being a criminal,” Kat told her. “Nothing ever goes according to plan.
But that’s a girl’s right – isn’t it? To cry sometimes for no reason? Really, when you think about it, that ought to be in the Constitution. Maybe I’ll break into the National Archives sometime and write that in. Bex.
We were two girls who got lucky, and luck’s not a skill that anyone can learn.
Maddie had never really understood why they had four chairs. It’s not like they did a lot of entertaining. Not unless you counted the time Maddie had forgotten to lock up her cereal in an airtight container and a bear had tried to break through the cabin’s front door. Which Maddie totally did not count. That bear hadn’t been invited and would never be welcome again.
Beyond the wall, the sea stretches out, dark and vast, and I know why – once upon a time – it would have been easy to think the world was flat.
Even at the Gallagher Academy, they don’t teach you to break somebody’s heart.
Logan watched her speak. Her voice was the same, but her mouth was different. Why had Logan never noticed her mouth before? Her bottom lip was fuller, but the top lip was shaped like a little bow, and he couldn’t decide which lip he liked more. He knew he was going to have to do a lot more looking in order to choose. And it suddenly felt imperative that Logan choose very, very well.
Lies aren’t just the things we tell – they’re the lives we lead.
On most guys, Hale’s smile would have looked sheepish. On him, it was so roguishly charming that Kat’s heart actually skipped a beat.
I’m the solution to a two-hundred-year-old.
No cell phones?” Macey said as if we’d just told her all students were required to shave their heads and live on bread and water.
I seem to be at a disadvantage,” she told him. “Don’t feel bad.” He grinned. “Most people are.
Some people understand the value of an education.” Hale stretched and crossed his legs, then settled his arm around Kat’s shoulders. “That’s sweet, Kat. Maybe later I’ll buy you a university. And an ice cream.” “I’d settle for the ice cream.” “Deal.
But the woman smiles, unable to hear the things I don’t say.
The hallway felt like time itself, and Patricia Buckingham and I were standing at opposite ends-her looking back on all she’d seen, me wondering what lay ahead.