And then what? Said, 'Oh, I'm so sorry, Ms. Lane, I didn't mean to wrinkle your lovely blouse. May I press that for you?' Or perhaps you gouged it with one of your pretty pink nails?" I was really beginning to wonder what his hang-up with pink was, but I didn't resent the sarcasm in his voice.
Karen Marie MoningBarrons has something the rest of us don't have. I don't know what it is, but I feel it all the time, especially when we're standing close. Beneath the expensive clothes, unplaceable accent, and cultured veneer, there's something that never crawled all the way out of the swamp. It didn't want to. It likes it there.
Karen Marie MoningIf I entered a tropical beach, would I end up in Nazi Germany with my highly inconvenient black hair?
Karen Marie MoningHe gives me a look that says, โDude, if I knew that do you think Iโd have enlisted your puny help?โ I snicker. โSomething funny here.โ โYou. All prickly and pissed โcause thereโs something you donโt know. Got to call on the megaservices of the Mega.โ โEver occur to you Iโm using you for reasons your inferior human brain canโt begin to understand.
Karen Marie Moning