Selena

“You’re such a great liar when you lie to yourself.”
― Rebecca McNutt, Bittersweet Symphony

“Beauty in its best form is kindness, the most valuable currency in the world.”
― Rebecca McNutt, Bittersweet Symphony

“The little boy put his finger down but kept an I-am-sizing-you-up look on his little face.”
― Brenda Jackson, His Secret Son

“closed her computer. She felt herself breathing rapidly. I was going to be okay, she thought, if Lady Em had died in her sleep. That’s what old people do. If they’re right and she was murdered, will that change the way they look at me? It might provide cover for me and Ralphie. The article had said that the Cleopatra necklace was missing. That means the killer probably got into Lady Em’s safe. Unless he’s caught, nobody will know how much jewelry or which pieces were stolen. If I’m asked, I can say that Lady Em used to make copies of various pieces of her jewelry. She brought a number of legitimate pieces and a number of copies on the trip. The thief must have taken some of the good stuff and left the junk. Brenda was now feeling infinitely better. That also explains the guard at the door of her suite and not letting me in, she thought. The ship was trying to cover up the murder”
― Mary Higgins Clark, All By Myself, Alone