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81 " Hey,” he replied. “Got a light?” she asked, raising an unlit cigarette to her chapped lips. "
― Christa Faust , The Zodiac Paradox
82 " He thought maybe she was having second thoughts. Rightly so, considering what he planned to do to her. "
83 " From behind one of the doors there came a vociferous argument going on between two drunks of indeterminate gender. "
84 " Allan smiled to himself at his overly cautious thinking. After all, how often did the police get called by the denizens of a place like this? "
85 " Inside the girl’s room it was dank and shabby. "
86 " The girl’s name was Desiree, or that’s what she said it was anyway. Allan honestly could not have cared less. "
87 " He’d had a dark, angry moment when he thought they might not have fallen for the ad he’d placed in the classified section. "
88 " But without warning, she leapt up with a gasp of excitement. “Guys,” she said. “You need to see this. "
89 " Regarding incident at Reiden Lake,” Walter read out loud, pausing to exchange a significant glance with Bell. “Meet me at the northwest corner of Alamo Square Park at midnight 10/23. Crucial new information has come to light. A friend in the Bureau. "
90 " Going through the motions, like a person who was already dead and just didn’t know it yet. "
91 " Hey,” Abby said as they barreled past her, holding a large wooden spoon slick with some kind of sauce. “Do you want some... "
92 " Why don’t you lie on the bed,” he told her. “On your stomach.” She did what she was told. He took out his knife and smiled. "
93 " Walter took the killer’s notebook from his pocket and was about to open it when Nina gave him a sternly arched eyebrow and a terse shake of her head. "
94 " and a whimsical ceramic sugar bowl shaped like an octopus. "
95 " Sam was married to all-natural triple-D legend Busti Keaton, star of the Topsy Turvy series and Battlestar Gazongas. "
― Christa Faust , Money Shot (Angel Dare #1)
96 " Walter drained more than half of the scalding hot liquid in one foolhardy gulp, utterly unmindful of his burnt tongue. "
97 " She picked up the lazy cat. “I’ll just hang out down here with Cat-Mandu. "
98 " Even if she realized that they didn’t want her overhearing their conversation, she didn’t seem to care at all. "
99 " Back in Nina’s large Spartan bedroom, the three of them plunked their sore, beat-up frames into the same seats they’d chosen before the madness. "
100 " Okay,” Nina said. “We’re all thinking it, but I’m going to say it. That was really, really stupid. If I hadn’t brought my gun, we’d all be dead. "