“There was enough tension in the room to send a fleet of the nervous running for their tranquilizers.”

“I settled opposite him in my favorite chair, low enough that my feet can touch the floor, wide enough to curl up inside, with a little table beside it just big enough to hold a book and a coffee cup.”

“You might have been paid back enough to suit you" I said, "but I don't know if you've been paid back enough to suit me.”

“It wasn't enough to be kidnapped, I had to be insulted too.”

“I knew, as sure as I knew my name, that tomorrow he would send me another coat, in a big fancy box, with a big bow on it. It would be the right size, it would be a top brand, and it would be warm................It was cranberry red, with a removable liner, a detachable hood, and tortoiseshell buttons.”

“I thought about making biscuits, but there seemed to be more than enough calories on board.”

“The sweetest part of being a couple is sharing your life with someone else.But my life, evidently, had not been good enough to share.”