You know I love a good family feud and I carry a big stick.

A little known fact: I read all the time. books were the one thing that got me out of Gatlin, even if it was only for a little while.

I would love to say how nice it is to see you again, but that would be a lie. And I am nothing if not honest.

It almost felt like she was sucking it all out of me, like she sucked on that sticky red lollipop, the one she kept licking as she drove.

The story you are afraid to write is usually the one you are meant to tell.

Nothin' wrong with havin' a cat in the house. They can see what most people can't, like the folks in the Otherworld when they cross back over - the good ones and the bad. And they get rid a mice.

In the wake of my talk with Earl, we had come to a mutual understanding about Lena, the only kind guys ever come to. Meaning, I hadn’t brought it up, and they hadn’t brought it up, and between us, we somehow all agreed to go on like this indefinitely. Don’t ask, don’t tell.