A Simple Favor

You’d be amazed by what people will do. Things they’d never admit to anyone—not even to themselves

We all wish for what we don’t have.

It’s such a great feeling: letting go, after you’ve been keeping things bottled up inside for so long. To know that there is someone who will understand and not judge.

I’m Dick Unique, the world’s smartest detective.”

great sense of direction

extra-sharp mom eyes open

I promised myself that I would make it work, that I would never get restless again, that I wouldn’t let everyday things bore or annoy or scare me, that I’d stop trying to control the truth and instead live in the truth.

There is no bond as tight as the bond between partners in crime.

Sometimes we deceive ourselves into thinking that a man who abused a former wife or girlfriend will be an angel with us. Moms! Don’t be fooled! If a man does something once, he’ll do it again. And it’s not always easy to identify the serial abuser. It’s not always the guy with the tattoos and the motorcycle jacket. It’s just as likely the guy in the expensive haircut and the elegant business suit.

That is to say: any man

You can never know anyone. People keep secrets.