Krista

“Eli shook his head. "When we first met, I thought you two were respectable."

"Really?" Sam sounded excited.

Ulysses didn't look over at them, even though he must have been working by feel in the dim light. "I knew taking this job was a mistake," he grumbled. "People hear you're a professor, that's the first thing they assume.”
― E.H. Lupton, Lazarus, Home from the War

“Seems we’re two men trying to survive in a city that don’t give a damn if we do.”
― L.A. Witt, The Venetian and the Rum Runner

“A lifetime of work would not be undermined by wagging tongues hungry for scandal. There must be a way to counter the narrative. And to do so, she needed to know exactly what was being said about her.”
― Kirthana Ramisetti, Dava Shastri's Last Day

“Laz nodded. "Whip a shitty and I'll show you the buyer's place."

Eli stared in mute incomprehension. After a moment, he cleared his throat. "I beg your pardon?"

"Make a U-turn." Laz tilted his head.

Eli finally put the car in gear. "What was that majestic piece of Midwestern vernacular? Whip a shitty?"

Laz rolled his eyes.”
― E.H. Lupton, Lazarus, Home from the War