“    You look a little  suspicious  standing there.    ”       ...   @massoccurs​

                            Jason took a step away. He didn't let anything cross his face. Just turned on his heels and walked away. He was going home. He wanted to be alone.

"Why would you want to put yourself through something like that?"

        ❝  𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃   𝐘𝐎𝐔   𝐍𝐎𝐓           eat   that   when   i’m   around ?         i   have   a   habit   of   breaking   out   in   bruises   whenever   you   do .  ❞    

"If we both stick to the story, they can't prove anything."

“ just  one?     i  can  do  better  than  that,     i  can  think  of  at  least  seven  good  reasons --    no  wait.     eight.     eight  good  reasons  why  that’s  a  stupid  idea. ”

“  by the way?  ”  over the years, planting her palms astride her hips  &  dropping the cant of her chin just right is a skill that she has artfully honed.  the firmly stern expression, pressed lips, head tilted like she just might shake it out of sheer disappointment?  that, too, takes perfecting to have the most impactful outcome.  “ this?  ”  sam’s index finger swipes back to point at her face.  “  is my mom voice.  ” 

“      ALL   THE   THINGS   that   I   wished   I   had   not   said   are   played   in   loops   till   it’s   madness   in   my   head.      ”