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Too easy to lose the way. Too hard to keep from unraveling when there’s nothing to remind you of who youare and where you should be. Another eternity passes in the flick of an eyelash.Diana Rowland
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The over-weight and out of shape guy who owned the house had apparently decided that having a half-million dollar house meant that he couldn’t afford to hire someone to clean out his gutters. Now he was dead with what looked to me like a broken neck after the ladder had slipped. He’d taken the plunge into his fancy landscaping–complete with rock garden. But hey, his fucking gutters were clean. .Diana Rowland
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His shirt had more wrinkles than a smoker's lipsDiana Rowland
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Coffe and breakfast with friends. What more could a girl ask for.Diana Rowland
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I have missed you. And I did not know anything was missing.Diana Rowland
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Mzatal gave a decisive nod. “I willmanage this. It cannot continue to interferewith his work. Too much is at stake.” I raised an eyebrow. “How do youintend to manage it?”“ I will tell him the truth and outline theconsequences.” I was surprised Mzatal didn’t shrivelaway from the look I gave him. “Dude.Seriously? You expect him to stopcrushing on me because you forbid it?” Mzatal frowned, contemplative.“ Perhaps not ideal given the entanglementof human emotions, though there is no timefor it to drag on, ” he said, as if he actuallyknew what he was talking about. “If heknows you have no interest and sees howhis distractions have affected his work, hewill subside enough for now.” My withering look became glacial.“ Boss, you’re completely awesome inmany ways, but you are so off-base withthis it’s not even funny.” I rolled my eyes.“ I’ve already ramped ‘No Interest’ up toeleven on the dial and, at this point, hedoesn’t care if his work suffers.” I took abig gulp of coffee, then ran my fingersthrough my tangled hair. “Let me deal withit. Normally I’m not into directconfrontation with this sort of shit, butthere’s isn’t enough time for it to fizzle outon its own.” Mzatal regarded me with that damnedunreadable mask which he’d slipped on as I was talking. Great. Lords weren’t muchon being told they were wrong, but it hadto be said.Diana Rowland
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Just because I'm insane doesn't mean I have to act all crazy.Diana Rowland
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Hell, right now my only weapons were Obnoxious and Snark, and I intended to use them whenever possible.Diana Rowland
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What did the zombie say to the whore? Keep the tip!Diana Rowland
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The memory of the previous nights fun and games rose again. Hell this whole week had been weird. With the attack at the boat launch being the shit flavored ice cream on top of the crazy pie.Diana Rowland