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1 " You really got him!” Gertie yelled. “Holy crap! I ate a bug. Jeez, someone get some mouthwash. Gah! I ate another one. "
― Jana Deleon , Soldiers of Fortune (Miss Fortune Mystery, #6)
2 " You’re implying that Gertie is too old to be having fun, and that’s wrong. If Gertie wants to dress like a hooker and ride an alligator float down the bayou when she’s a hundred and two, she should do it. "
3 " cross "
4 " Dear Lord, we thank you for this day, good food, better friends, and the fact that Ida Belle and I have outlived so many people we didn’t like. "
5 " pistol. "
6 " Ida Belle grabbed the purse, her arms dropping a bit, then set it on the coffee table. I leaned over as she pulled out a small retail store. Nine- "
7 " point.” “That matchbook Gertie found at the lab site seems to fit with this Benedict character,” I said. “You know what this means?” Ida Belle said. I flopped back in my chair. “That we have to go to the Swamp Bar and see if we catch this Benedict doing something suspicious.” I pointed a finger at them. “But I’m not dressing like a hooker again, and I’m definitely not doing a wet T-shirt contest.” “Oh!” Gertie sat upright. “I just remembered. At the festival yesterday, some of the usual Swamp "
8 " What’s wrong?” Gertie asked as she put a bowl of stew in front of me. “Nothing,” I said. “Everything.” “There’s a bit of a gap between those two words,” Ida Belle said. "
9 " Gertie reached over and patted my hand. “It always feels better when someone understands that you’re standing in a shit storm holding a broken umbrella.” That pretty much summed it up. "
10 " Breaking hips is for old people,” Gertie said. “I have decided that I am middle-aged.” “Ha!” Ida Belle said. “Middle-aged for what, a tortoise? "
11 " I followed shortly after, but even a long, hot shower didn’t bring on the sleep I’d really hoped for. Quite simply, I had too much on my mind. So much that it raced from one problem to another, in a vicious cycle that had me tossing and turning in between small bouts of sleep with vivid, strange dreams. I awakened feeling more tired than I had when I’d gone to bed, and that was saying a lot given the day I’d had before. "
12 " What’s the worst that can happen?” Gertie asked. “Some kid tries to feel her up and finds her gun?” “If some kid tries to feel me up and starts with my ankles, there’s bigger problems afoot than my being armed,” I said. “No weapons,” Ida Belle said. “We can barely deal with adults. This is a herd of hormone-driven, drama-laden half humans who think they know everything and don’t think they can die. It’s a recipe for disaster. "
13 " It always feels better when someone understands that you’re standing in a shit storm holding a broken umbrella. "