Her wrinkles were like slander. Her voice was akin to a beating with a stick.

“I'm asking you, I'm begging you, could you please shut your mouth for just five…”

“an expression of surprise falls from her face, though she's trying to keep it. …”

“When the job’s done, he smacks me on the shoulder and we run off like handsome …”

“I only know that all of those people would have sensed me that night, excluding…”