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1 " I sighed. “Mercury must be in retrograde. Everybody’s touchy and having it out with someone. I’m trying to remain neutral. I feel like Switzerland. "
― Suzanne M. Trauth , Time Out
2 " Come early and watch some of the game, that is if you can stand to see the home team soundly beaten.” Bill’s hypnotic blue eyes twinkled. I twinkled back "
3 " Was I wrong? Was I imagining a problem where there wasn’t one? Of course my great aunt Maureen always said even a broken clock is right twice a day. "
4 " I was in my recliner bundled up in my terrycloth robe, a gift from my great aunt Maureen, that came with some sage advice: darling, after a warm body, a terrycloth robe is the next best thing to cuddle up with on a cold night. "
5 " A heavy object connected with the back of my head and a burst of colors detonated in my brain. I saw stars. And then black. I crumpled to the ground, my last thought being: there were two of them. "
6 " It’s not always true that all the world’s a stage. Sometimes it’s a boxing ring. Right now I had a ringside seat at the Windjammer restaurant in Etonville, New Jersey. "
7 " I gritted my teeth. I hated being called Dot. Only my great aunt Maureen could get away with that. And she was gone now so there was no one left to torment me. Except Honey. "
8 " I inspected the crowd. Honey was snapchatting, the two cops were texting, and the Banger sisters had planted themselves at a table with a good view of the entire area, just in case someone else died. They didn’t want to miss a thing. "
9 " I stared at Penny. “Antonio and I had a few conversations, eye-to-eye,” she said.“You mean…heart-to-heart?” I asked.“Whatever. "
10 " My heart melted, almost erasing the image of him kissing the brunette in Creston. I forced my attention away from his laser-like eyes… "
11 " My blood ran cold. Twenty yards away a hooded figure was crouching behind the oak tree, flashing a pinpoint light into the office where Walter and Lola did business. "