And yet I understood the alienation of being around others who couldn't really see you or chose not to. I'd felt the self-loathing that came with being a fraud, protraying an image of what you wished you could be but weren't. I'd lived with the fear that people you loved might turn away from you if they ever got to know the true person hidden inside.

There's nothing like a little Gideon therapy to make things look up.

Oh, I’ll fight you,” she promised, her eyes clear of shadows. “That’s the way I roll.

I can't bail out on Cary," I said apologetically, turning to face him. "Chicks before dicks and all that.

Dark and Dangerous. And all mine.

We knew our strengths and played up our assets. But we couldn't see what made us unique enough for someone to really love us.

You put your hand on Corinne's back like this again and I'm breaking your fingers.