We could track down a gang guy wanted for armed robbery and assault.” “That sounds like a lot of fun, but I might have to pass on account of I don’t want to die right now.” “We could visit some of Sunny’s relatives and ask if he’s staying with them.” “Ditto for the above reason.
I’ve noticed you only talk ghetto half of the time.” “I’m multi-lingual,” Ranger said.
Ranger was probably riding the wind, looking for the guy. And any well-adjusted person would walk away and let Ranger do his thing. Unfortunately, I wasn’t that well adjusted.
I sent Hal and Rafael to keep an eye on you, and I went to check on a commercial account in Whitehorse. Rafael called to tell me Lula went in with a rocket launcher, so I skipped Whitehorse. I pulled into the lot seconds before you destroyed Billings Foods.
I don’t exactly date, but I sort of have a boyfriend.” “What does sort of mean?” “It means that he looks like my boyfriend, but I don’t say it out loud.
He wrapped his hand around my wrist, pulled me to him, and kissed me. The kiss was warm and short.
Dude,” Diesel said. “That’s no way to get dessert.” Carl snapped to attention. “Eep?” “Cookies,” I told him. Carl jumped onto his booster seat, sat ramrod straight, and folded his hands on the table. He was a good monkey. I gave him a cookie, and he shoved it into his mouth. “Manners,” Diesel said to him. Carl spit the cookie out onto the table, picked it up, and carefully nibbled at it.
Will you promise to pick up after yourself?” “No, but I’ll hire a cleaning lady.
Ranger’s lips swept along my jawline to my ear. “I could make you forget the gown.
Hey, look who’s here!” Briggs said. “It’s Aunt Stephanie.” He was dressed in the tan suit, and it looked like he’d gotten a haircut. “What’s with the suit?” I asked him. “I have a job interview, so Nick let me keep it a while longer. What happened with the Russian guy?” “The problem is solved.” “I bet.
There’s another part to success,” Ranger said. “You have to be brave.
If this was the shortcut, she didn’t want to see the longcut.
I was in no rush to get back to the funeral parlor, so I called Ranger again. “Hi,” I said to his answering service. “It’s me. Things are looking up. Your wife is tailing me, but she hasn’t shot at me yet today, so that’s a good thing, right? And you need to answer your damn phone calls.
Ranger took his SEALs hat off and put it on me, tucking my hair behind my ears, letting his hands linger a moment too long. “You have to believe in what you’re doing.” That could be a problem. And Ranger could be a problem. I was feeling much too attracted to him.
Pretty,” he said. “The wine?” “You.” I was wearing a white T-shirt and striped pajama bottoms with a drawstring waist. My feet were bare and my hair was down and disorderly. “This would be perfect if we were in my apartment and not yours, and you were spending the night,” he said.
He’s a serious babe,” Connie said. “Saw him six months ago, before all this happened. He was ordering a quarter pound of provolone at the meat market, and I had all I could do to keep from sinking my teeth into his butt.
A wise man, recognizing that the world is an illusion, does not act as if it is real, and so he escapes suffering.” The.
I didn’t do anything with him. He wanted a date for tonight.” “Holy crap,” Lula said. “And?” Connie said. “And I had a restless night thinking about it,” I told them. “I bet,” Lula said. “If it was me I would have been burning out the motor on my intimate appliances.
This is the advantage to being an eccentric. Everyone expects you to be eccentric.” Emerson.
Cute,” Ranger repeated. “That just dropped my testosterone level.