Anything was better than nothing. Half-full was better than empty. Ignorance was the lowest form of humiliation and suffering.
BECCA FITZPATRICKAnything was better than nothing. Half-full was better than empty. Ignorance was the lowest form of humiliation and suffering.
BECCA FITZPATRICKIm really starting to like all this spy work, vee said. When my normal life gets boring, all i have to do is sidle up next to you.
BECCA FITZPATRICKThere was no sign of jules. Bad news, said elliot. The man is sick. Youre going to have to settle for me. Sick? Vee demanded. How sick? What kind of excuse is sick? Sick as in its coming out both ends. Vee scrunched her nose. Too much information.
BECCA FITZPATRICKThe trouble was, my feelings for patch weren’t harmless.
BECCA FITZPATRICKHis words filled my heart to the brim. I loved him in a way id never be able to express in words. He was part of me. And i was part of him. Tethered together for the rest of eternity.
BECCA FITZPATRICKAnd anyway, the first three letters in the word diet should tell you what i want it to do.
BECCA FITZPATRICKAre you keeping anything else from me? Im keeping a lot of things from you. Like? Like the way i feel about being locked up in here with you. You have no idea what you do to me.
BECCA FITZPATRICKHis muscles flexed under his clothes, holding me, leading me. Never letting me stray far.
BECCA FITZPATRICKYour past wouldnt frighten me, i said, buckling my seat belt across my lap. Im guessing id be more appalled than anything.
BECCA FITZPATRICKGirl, i’m going to show you the bear in hug.
BECCA FITZPATRICKShe shrieked. “nora! What happened to the banister!” good thing she hadn’t seen her bedroom yet.
BECCA FITZPATRICKA feeling of violation swayed inside me, making me feel as if id been shoved off a high platform without warning. I was falling, and i feared the sensation far more than hitting bottom. There was no end; just a constantsense of gravity having its way with me.
BECCA FITZPATRICKYoure not going to drive me home? I asked. A waste of breath, since i knew her answer. Theres fog. Patchy fog. Vee grinned. Oh, boy. He is so on your mind. Not that i blame you. Personally, im hoping i dream about him tonight.
BECCA FITZPATRICKI shook my head. I dont think so. This isnt a good idea. This isnt right. Theres all kinds of right, he murmured. On the spectrum, were still in the safe zone. … Definitely right. Usually right, patch continued. Mostly right. Maybe right.
BECCA FITZPATRICKYou want a blood relative to lead your army? Get marcie. She likes ordering people around. She’ll be a natural.
BECCA FITZPATRICKChauncey seethed at the outrageous insult. “and your father?” he demanded, extending the sword. He didn’t yet know all his vassals, but he was learning. He would brand the family name of this boy to memory.
BECCA FITZPATRICK