The third message was from my mother. ‘Why me?’ she said. ‘Why do I have to have a daughter who finds dead bodies? Where did I go wrong? Emily Beeber’s daughter never finds dead bodies. Joanne Melanowski’s daughter never finds dead bodies. Why me!’ News travels fast in the Burg.
Play the role,” Lula said. “That’s what we do. We pick a role and we play it. What role you want to play?” “I want to be smart, and I want to be brave.” “Go for it,” Lula said.
Riley reminded herself that she was a professional, and stabbing Emerson with her nail file wouldn’t be appropriate.
You’d really go all the way to Greece, and run a covert operation again, just so I can have the satisfaction of capturing Nick Fox?” “Sure,” he said. “We don’t get nearly enough quality father-daughter time.
You have to step on people’s feet and kick them in the back of the leg,” Grandma said, “then they move away from you.
Truth is I’ll be relieved when all this is over, and I can move on to what’s in front of me instead of what’s behind me. It’s not like I want to forget Jimmy. It’s just that he’s in a different spot in my life now. He’s in the good memories spot. If I didn’t put him there, I’d be sad all the time, and I don’t like being sad. I figure happiness is a choice that you make. Even in terrible times.” Grandma slumped a little. “Sometimes you really gotta work at it.
Hey,” I said, “dogs are people, too.
You were worried about me?” “No,” Hal said. “I was worried Ranger would kill me if I lost you.
Adaptation is one of the great advantages to being born and bred in Jersey. We’re simply not bested by bad air or tainted water. We’re like that catfish with lungs.
One minute I was having a day like any other, and then Whack an this guy didn’t have no head“ Lula Finger Lickin 15.
Hell, bravery didn’t have anything to do with it. I was shitfaced.
The law is for people who have nothing to hide.
I might be a stay-at-home mother someday, but I’ll always be trying to fly off the garage roof. That’s just who I am.
Einstein famously said if at first an idea is not absurd, there’s no hope for it.
There’s no such thing as semi-legal.
He pulled his nose out of her cleavage and turned to me. “Gaylord Brown,” he said. “It’s the perfect name because I’m gay and I’m brown.
Which was one reason why Revolt of the Zombie Strippers was being shot in Gallup and not in a warehouse in Van Nuys.
Did you pack an extra gun?” “Of course,” she said. “You can never have too many weapons.” Jake smiled. “I raised you right.
Your grandmother needs a ride to the viewing, and I’m holding you responsible if she shoots someone, gets arrested, or tries to take a selfie with the deceased.
I was pretty sure this time “Babe” meant I was giving him a cramp in his sphincter.