Not that I'd really been planning on keeping the attack secret; it had just been an option I'd wanted to keep open if I could.

Charles looked at her thoughtfully. "People talk to you," he said. "That could be useful.

Some people are boys longer than others.

Over a lifetime of dealing with difficult women, I have learned it is often better to give into their demands immediately.

You will eat this and go to sleep, so your pronouns get their antecedents back.

He stepped back with exaggerated courtesy. But when I walked past him, he swatted my rump. Hard enough to sting. “You need to be more careful,” he growled. “Keep interfering in my business and you might get hurt.” I said sweetly as I continued to Jesse's room, “The last man who swatted me like that is rotting in his grave.” “I have no doubt about it.” His voice was more satisfied then contrite.

Just as I’ve always known there are monsters in the world, monsters and things even more evil, I’ve always known that it is God who keeps evil at bay.