I don't like having feelings," Eric said coldly, and he left. That was a tough exit line to top.

When you're a professional you do your job no matter what gets in the way. You might take a sick day, you might take a personal day, but then you show back up or you won't get paid. Everyone develops his/her own strategy for dealing with days that are not productive.

I thought about making biscuits, but there seemed to be more than enough calories on board.

When I thought of Eric with someone else, I wanted to rip out all his beautiful blonde hair. By the roots. In clumps.

Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.

Don’t you just hate nights like that, when you think over every mistake you’ve made, every hurt you’ve received, every bit of meanness you’ve dealt out? There’s no profit in it, no point to it, and you need sleep.

Softie was not a word you could use in the same sentence as Eric.