"Career be damned. I want her more. Dad, listen to me; if you do anything at all to interfere with us, your plans for me are over. Do I make myself perfectly clear?"
"Perfectly," answered the senator, but silently he added, What you don’t know won’t hurt you.
Great excerpt, Elaine
ReplyDeleteYou know how to leave us with a cliffhanger, don't you? Another great six.
ReplyDeleteOhhh, beware of that last line. I've discovered what you don't know CAN hurt you...eventually. Great job, Elaine.
ReplyDeleteGreat end to the snippet. Someone's throwing a monkey in the pot...
ReplyDeleteoooo---sounds great!
ReplyDeletewell done.
Tense!
ReplyDeleteMmm, mmm, mmm *head shake* No good deed goes unpunished. Great six!
ReplyDeleteA silent cliffhanger at the very end. :) Nice.
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