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“Now, now, Auntie, you had better play nice with my dearest Bianca. I have not invited her to live in one of my homes. I have welcomed her into all of them. And though I know it would break your heart if anything were to ever happen to me, you will be beholden to this angel to cover your living expenses when I pass away, as she will be my sole inheritor.”
― R.K. Lilley, Mile High

“He reached for my hand, looking sad. “Don’t get hurt, Buttercup.”
I shrugged. “Life hurts. As long as it doesn’t kill us, we weather it.”
― R.K. Lilley

“You’re insane,” I told him, and stood up to dress.
He hugged me from behind, pressing hard against me, rubbing his smooth chest along my back. He spoke into my ear, “Insane for you, my love.”
― R.K. Lilley, Grounded

“Are you in love with me, Camryn Bennett?"
"Not yet," I say with a smile in my voice, "but I´m gettin´there."
"You´re so full of shit," he says, squeezing my arm a little tighter.
"Yeah, I know," I say.”
― J.A. Redmerski, The Edge of Never