Most Bolton students were scions of the city's wealthiest families. My crewe stuck out like hooker at church. We werent part of their pampered, priveliged world, and many of our classmates were quick to remind us of that fact. Taunting the "boat kids" was practically a varsity sport.

Experience is a valuable thing. It enables us to recognize mistakes when we repeat them.

If you want to be an anthropologist, you need to study physical anthropology specialized in bones. If you want to be a forensic chemist, get a degree in chemistry. Do you want to do DNA work? Get a degree in microbiology. And do well. Study hard and go to graduate school.

She wanted to feel safe. Untouchable in her home. The ultimate female fantasy.

I've never lost my capacity to be shocked.

Ben locked his eyes on mine for a long moment. Then, “How?” “How do you think?” I smiled, then slapped him full across the face

Tory a father isn’t supposed to fear his fourteen-year-old daughter. That being sad, you terrify me.