“I could probably have made the head shot from the railing, but with an unfamiliar gun, it was too risky. I didn't want to accidentally shoot the woman in the head. Killing the hostage is always frowned upon.”

“Great." I didn't say thank you, because it seemed wrong. I wanted to call her a bitch and shoot her between the eyes, but then I would have had to shoot Enzo, too. And how would I explain that to the police? She was breaking no laws. Dammit.”

“Accidental sex. He made it sound like I fell down, and there just happened to be an erection in the way.”

“I should not have to flirt with someone while I'm trying to threaten someone else with a gun; it was too hard to do both.”

“I knew from the moment I heard you, the moment I saw the gun and realized that this lovely, petit woman was the executioner, that you would never die waiting for me to save you - that you would save yourself.”

“If you keep a gun in your purse, you get killed, because no woman can find anything in her purse in under twelve minutes. It's a rule.”

“That body did not bleed while I carried it, Nesbit. You touch it but a moment, and it bleeds.""No, I didn't kill her."... "The dead always know who to blame. They are very good that way.”