He looked as though I'd just run over his pet puppy (though no actual puppies were harmed in the formation of that metaphor).

Insane means fewer cameras!

Good-bye Dr. Steve,' I said, then climbed the stairs and went to the fifth floor to die.

But the downside of being con artist is that it very hard to con. Even if the lies you tell are to yourself.

Two days after my dad's funeral, my mom went on a mission. I never understood it until then--that sometimes a spy doesn't need a cover so much as she needs a shield.

Either we're a team or we aren't. Either you trust me or you don't." Hale took a step toward her. "What's it going to be, Kat?" It is an occupational hazard that anyone who has spent her life learning how to lie eventually becomes bad at telling the truth; in that moment Kat didn't have a clue what to say. I carn't do this with out you sounded trite. What they were doing was to big for a simple please. Hale I-" You know what? Never mind. Either way, I'm in Kat." He seemed utterly resloved as he slipped on his sunglasses. "I'm all in

Ooh, the silent treatment.