“I hate you,” I declared.“You don’t.”“I do.”“Okay, maybe whoever this new Ava is…”

“You’re pissed I laid it out and you’re gonna go nurse your snit”

“Oh dear,” Diandra muttered again as I looked down at the baby tiger in my arms.…”

“You mean somethin’ to me in a way, for a man, he wants the world to know it. I’…”