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41 " He let me see in that strangely handsome face that he was thinking about her not without her clothes on, but eventually without her skin. "
― Laurell K. Hamilton , Hit List (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #20)
42 " Let’s get out and find Newman and try to reason with him.” “Reason how?” I asked. Edward gave me Ted’s grin, but it was his own words, “I’m a scary son of a bitch, let’s see if I can spook him.” I grinned. “I like it. Scare him into giving up the lead.” “Tilford will listen to us; Newman won’t.” “Let’s go scare the rookie,” I said. He grinned. “Let’s. "
43 " held on to Edward’s hand, gave him some of the best eye contact I’d given anyone in a while, and Dr. Fields tried to stitch me up ahead of my body’s healing. Even with the ardeur days from being fed I was healing too fast for normal medical help. Fuck. Edward talked low to me. He whispered about the case, tried to get me to think about work. It worked for a while, and then the painkiller was all gone and I was still being stitched up. I couldn’t think about work. He talked about his family, about what Donna was doing with her metaphysical shop, about Peter in school and in martial arts. He was working on his second black belt. Becca and her musical theater, and the fact that he was still taking her to dance class twice a week, that amused me enough for me to say, “I want to see you sitting with all the suburban moms in the waiting area. "
44 " Multiple choice should have at least one right answer, but some people only come with wrong answers. Some people are like rigged tests where you can only fail. "