Pretty Girls

“The details will tear you apart.”

It’ll help sober you up.”

out-of-body experience

He was the anchor that kept her from drifting away.

Please don’t leave me, Paul. Please.”

“I won’t,” he promised.

But then he did.

Your mother and I had always been secretly pleased that you were so headstrong and passionate about your causes. Once you were gone, we understood that these were the qualities that painted young men as smart and ambitious and young women as trouble.

That’s what she got for marrying a geek.

Tall, dark, and handsome with twinkling eyes and a mouth that moved like honey.

Trust but verify.

Claire didn’t want to be clever anymore. She wanted to be in control.