Keeping Company (2010)
“Dylan piloted the BMW onto Alaina’s street and turned in at her driveway. Consciously, he was wincing. Alaina was in a rare fine temper, and he couldn’t seem to stop blaming himself for some idiotic reason, as if he’d force-fed her Rita’s crab salad. Subconsciously, he was enjoying the feel of fine German engineering beneath him and telling himself that didn’t make him a materialist.
“Marlene told me not to go today. She said my moon was in the wrong house. I told her to mind her own moon.” “I ...thought you didn’t believe in malarkey.” “I don’t. But now I’m going to have to listen to Marlene say ‘I told you so’ for the next thousand years.” She huffed a sigh of pure annoyance. “The woman is insufferable.” “Then why do you put up with her?” “Because I like her, dammit.” Turning off the ignition, Dylan sat back against the plush leather seat and bit back a chuckle.MoreLess
“Marlene told me not to go today. She said my moon was in the wrong house. I told her to mind her own moon.” “I ...thought you didn’t believe in malarkey.” “I don’t. But now I’m going to have to listen to Marlene say ‘I told you so’ for the next thousand years.” She huffed a sigh of pure annoyance. “The woman is insufferable.” “Then why do you put up with her?” “Because I like her, dammit.” Turning off the ignition, Dylan sat back against the plush leather seat and bit back a chuckle.MoreLess
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