“I didn't want him to think I was weak, but he was the only person in the whole world who had any idea of the real predicament I was in, and that made him, at the moment, my best friend, even though he was about as comforting as a catcus.”
“Apparently, Brooke's Dad-my dad?- was not the sort of father that allowed a day for mental recuperation after a person has been kidnapped.”