“So we have twenty-four hours to keep out of trouble, he says to me.I slide a glance in his direction. Judging from the way hes now grimacing at the sidewalk and the fact that I met him in a police ...”

“Trust me, he says with a touch of impatience.Stop asking me to do that, I say, equally as impatiently.”

“. Because off-duty cops walk around the city wearing sweatshirts advertising theyre cops all the time, never mind its a hundred degrees outside. And never mind you look like the youngest cop ever r...”

“So we have twenty-four hours to keep out of trouble,’ he says to me.I slide a glance in his direction. Judging from the way he’s now grimacing at the sidewalk and the fact that I met him in a polic...”

“Trust me,’ he says with a touch of impatience.‘Stop asking me to do that,’ I say, equally as impatiently.”

“I need a favour.’I raise my eyebrows at him in disbelief. What makes him think I’m about to do him a favour? He’s a stranger. And he’s wearing handcuffs.”

“Most people are like sheep. Nice, harmless creatures who want nothing more than to be left alone so they can graze. But then of course there are wolves. Who want nothing more than to eat the sheep....”

“What did you do before? I used to run a lot.Cross country? Track?From the cops, actually.”

“Dez cringed as her boss slammed his door closed. But before she could walk away, he snatched it open again. And I better not see your ass until after the New Year! He slammed it again.Dez glared at...”

“Every great love starts with a great story...”

“I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extend...”

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”

“Sara, we have to go," she whispers, even though my dad isn't there to hear her. She's not crying. She's calm. Matter-of-fact. As if she's asking me whether I want mayo or mustard on my sandwich. Ex...”

“The sky is deep, the sky is dark. The light of the stars is o damn stark/When I look up, I fill with fear, if all we have is what lies here, this lonely world, this troubled place, then cold dead s...”

“It is said that in death, all things become clear.”