Before you go anywhere, Mr. Football Player,โ Nita said, โI want to know exactly what your intentions are toward my Blue.
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsGracie: You have an unusual house. Have you lived here long? Bobby Tom: A couple of years. I don't much like it myself, but the architect is real proud of it. She calls it urban Stone Age with a Japanese Tahitian influence. I sort of just call it ugly.
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsShe threw up her hands. "All right. Why not?" Why not?" Sure." His arms fell to his sides. "That's it? I pour my heart out. I love you so much I've got freakin' tears in my eyes. And all I get in return is 'Why not'?" What did you expect? Am I supposed to fall all over you just because you've finally come to your senses?" Would it be too much to ask?"...He'd begun to glare at her again, his eyes growing stormier by the minute."When do you think you might be ready? To fall all over me, that is.
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsHoney lamb, there are a lot of things in this world I feel insecure about. Religion. Our national economic policies. What color socks to wear with a blue suit. But I've got to tell you that my performance in that hotel room last night isn't one of them.
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsYou lit into me last night. You said what I did was stupid. - That's what my head said. But my heart... My stupid heart... Her voice broke. It was singing.
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsYou happened to me,You scare me to death, you know. When you stormed into my life, you turned everything inside out. You upset all the things I believed about myself and made me think in new ways. I know who I used to be, but Iโm finally ready to figure out who I am. Cynicism gets tiring, Isabel, and youโve . . . rested me.And donโt you dare tell me youโve stopped loving me back, because youโre still a better person than I am, and Iโm counting on you to take more care with my heart than I took with yours.
Susan Elizabeth Phillips