" ---- Dude, it's just me.                       I just saw you this morning. I know I'm handsome,                            but c'mon, Sam." 

"I was about to make dinner,  do you want anything?" 

      "Wh-- huh? We got a case?"

   ' That's not a dog, that's a freakin'      rat. '

             "Well, look who's finally awake -- "

              "Okay, I'm going to ask something,                  & you have to promise not to kick my                 ass - you look like you could do that,                  jus' saying, but....                                                         where on earth did you get                                                         that gun?"

     At this point, Jess was one of two or three people left. The librarian had even gone off to someplace less peaceful. Kicking her flip flips off, Jess curled up in a chair with her book. The paperclip she used to mark her progress was still in place. She pulled her blonde curls out of her face and picked up where she’d left off, inhaling deeply and letting the night’s negative thoughts sail out with her breath