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“Zane hurried to catch up. “Wait, Ty, you want to do that with her with us?"

“She’s a year old. She won’t understand death and destruction for at least another year.”

“If we ever decide to adopt, you’re a mute in any interviews.”

“Understood.”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain

“Are you okay?" Kelly cried.
"I shot dinner," Nick said.
Kelly snorted. "Look, Hannibal, you can shoot back if they 're shooting at you, but it's still not okay to eat them afterward.”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain

“You’ve taken a lot of hits in the last few days, Ty. Let me take this last one for you.”

Ty stared at him, struck breathless, struck speechless. He snaked his arm around Zane’s neck and hugged him tight. He nodded, still unable to speak.”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain

“The other bodyguard, Hardin, grinned, showing his crooked teeth. “Sidewinder. Like the snake.” The room was silent, waiting for his point. “You know what they used to call the Green Berets when we were active?”

Ty tried hard not to roll his eyes. Behind him, Kelly answered wryly, “Snake Eaters.”

Both security men chuckled. “Best watch out, Sidewinders. Don’t want to get eaten.”

Nick barked a laugh. “I appreciate the offer, Hoss, but I got someone taking care of me already.”

Hardin squared his shoulders, his face growing ruddy.

“Don’t worry, you’ll find that someone special,” Kelly assured him, his voice sincere.”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain

“Speaking of troublemakers, where’s Nicholas? I’ve got a hug for him, too.”
“He and Doc are in the next room,” Ty answered.
“Doc? Which one was that?”
“The one who lost his parents when he was young. I brought him home for Thanksgiving one time. You told him you wanted to wrap him up and bake him in a pie and he never came back.”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain

“„What the shit is this?“ Kelly asked.
“Goddamn it!” Nick shouted. Something banged in the darkness as they all remained still to let their eyes adjust. “Unfuck your shit, Scotland!”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain

“Zane sighed. “I was so hoping this would be a normal vacation.”
Ty smacked him on the side of the head. “Don’t use bad words.”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain

“You let me think I was being stalked by a ghost, you fuck nuts!”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain

“Kelly glanced at the freezer as they headed for the steps. “Hey, maybe one of them will donate a liver to your dad.”
Nick looked over his shoulder at Kelly, his eyes wide.
“I’m just saying. Three perfectly good livers sitting in there,” Kelly said, completely deadpan. “Nobody’s using them. I’ll go get one for you.”
Nick gaped at him. “How the hell did you ever pass your psych evals?”
“I cheated off your papers.”
Nick rolled his eyes and started up the stairs.
“The Navy gives bubble tests. When in doubt, go with C.”
“Kelly.”
“Get it? Navy? The sea?”
“Kels, shut up.”
“Oh, come on! You love puns.”
Nick laughed, unable to stop himself.”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain

“Ty plopped down in the seat next to Kelly and peered over at his friends. “What the hell happened to you two this morning?”
Nick began to snicker and Kelly rolled his eyes as he took a sip of coffee. “I fell out of the bed.”
“Fell?” Zane asked. “Or you were pushed?”
“Legit fell. Rolled right out of that thing and took the covers with me. I dreamt I was being attacked by a giant squid and woke up thinking I was drowning.”
“I woke up cold and very confused,” Nick added.”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain

“Once their breathing calmed and the ringing in Zane's ears faded,he heard the muffled sound of Nick and Kelly in their bedroom,catcalling and applauding.Ty must have heard it as well,because they both began to laugh at the same time.
-Is wrong that I'm turned on by the idea of forcing your friends to listen to us having sex?-Zane asked with a frown.
Ty laughed harder.-Just don't tell Nick that.He'll offer to critique your performance.Or worse,join us-”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain

“This is the worst vacation ever,” Kelly said as he turned and followed Ty up the steps.
“Yeah, we don’t use that word.”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain

“I love you, Nick,” Kelly whispered. “No matter what those words meant before, we know what they mean now. They’re ours now. Just ours.”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain

“Hey,” Nick grunted. “Marriage is just a word for some people, but for others it’s a fucking sentence, okay?”
Zane was holding his side. “Oh my God, marriage puns! Oh my God...”
Nick was trying not to grin, but he finally couldn’t help himself. “Once we established I was the victim, then we had to find a girl with a ring on her finger to figure out which one I’d fucking married.”
Ty leaned against Zane’s arm, laughing so hard he could no longer sit up straight. “The look on his face!”
“He made a marriage pun,” Zane gasped.”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain

“Got anything we can cull the herd with?"
Nick stared at Zane for a few seconds. "I never realized how disturbing your accent is until you use cow analogies."
"Yeah okay, say 'car'.”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain

“I mean that all the experiences I’ve ever heard of in life . . . I want to have them with you.”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain

“Chester pointed his fork at Nick’s face. “When I was your age, sonny, they used to say redheads was relations of Satan.”
Kelly choked on his breakfast, but Nick just gave Chester an enigmatic smile.
“What do they say about you now?” Chester asked him.
Nick gave an easy shrug. “They say we have no soul.”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain

“You want to bang something too, sonny, you can borrow my shovel!”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain

“Oh Jesus, Digger on a horse,” Kelly said. “He kept threatening to make his horse into stew.”
“He named his horse Stu,” Nick added.”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain

“Told you to buy a Mac.”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain

“He seemed unburdened now, more willing to simply grab onto life and go for a ride.”
― Abigail Roux, Ball & Chain