Celesha Carillo

“Tony poured wine into each glass and handed one to Claire. “Do you remember when we had wine at the Red Wing?”
Claire closed her eyes, recalling the scene from a lifetime ago, and nodded. “I do.”
“I’d been watching you for years. I was so nervous that night. I thought I was planning your acquisition.” He looked into his red liquid.
Her stance straightened, “If you’re using business metaphors, may I suggest hostile takeover. It’s more appropriate.”
― Aleatha Romig, Truth

“You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”
― Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

“In their figurative game of chess, Anthony Rawlings had Claire in check. Every move she made, he countered.”
― Aleatha Romig, Truth

“Laters, baby.”
― E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey