Joycee’s Reviews > Changing the Rules > Status Update

From the Acknowledgments: Slavery has never gone away, it simply went underground.

I knew he was dirty. I just couldn't find the mud.

A lot of these kids look like they could be in college. It's a curse, if you ask me. Their bodies grow up before their brains. Gets them in trouble sometimes.

Is it even fishing season?

Nothing illegal about sitting in a boat with beer. Fish jumping in the boat is just the icing.

Sometimes to steal the car, all you have to do is ask for the keys.

Who better to watch out for an assassin than someone who'd been in that role in the past?

if you want to write up the rules, by all means.

I don't have to write them down.

Yes, you do. And you'll do it in five languages.

We could go back to just friends if you’ve changed your mind.

Bite your tongue.

I’d rather bite yours.

She lifted her glass. “To life today that becomes our history tomorrow.”

Cooper marveled at how she switched gears. Yesterday she was pretending to be a smart-ass kid giving adults a run for their money, and today she was the quintessential professional that looked like she could take on a courtroom without a law degree. And she could do it in five languages.