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title: "2 Santa monica Quotes By Mar Preston"
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> [“He slowed down at Santa Monica Boulevard, edging around a bedraggled old lady who wore a pink Afro wig and a long skirt dragging the pavement behind her. She turned to hiss at the police car and rattle the shopping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mar-preston/he-slowed-down-at-santa-monica-boulevard-edging-around-a-bedraggled/)

[Mar Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mar-preston/)

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> [“Mason’s thoughts went to what he’d do if his own nine-year-old were seventeen. If Haley needed a ride home, and somehow he couldn’t pick her up, he’d get a buddy to do it. Hire a babysitter to go get her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mar-preston/mason-s-thoughts-went-to-what-he-d-do-if-his-own-nine-year-old-were/)

[Mar Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mar-preston/)

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## More by Mar Preston

> [“Mason was looking hard at the men of the Safak family, but they’d alibied out—so far. Even the hottest case went cold without a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mar-preston/mason-was-looking-hard-at-the-men-of-the-safak-family-but-they-d/)

[Mar Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mar-preston/)

> [“He slowed down at Santa Monica Boulevard, edging around a bedraggled old lady who wore a pink Afro wig and a long skirt dragging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mar-preston/he-slowed-down-at-santa-monica-boulevard-edging-around-a-bedraggled/)

[Mar Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mar-preston/)

> [“He thought of the kittens his cat Spike had birthed in his linen closet. Spike was the cat he’d thought was a fixed male.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mar-preston/he-thought-of-the-kittens-his-cat-spike-had-birthed-in-his-linen/)

[Mar Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mar-preston/)

> [“He crowded down the surge of feeling that distracted him from the task at hand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mar-preston/he-crowded-down-the-surge-of-feeling-that-distracted-him-from-the/)

[Mar Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mar-preston/)

> [“That raised Mason’s eyebrows and gave him something different to think about as he headed in for his meeting. He was hardly above enjoying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mar-preston/that-raised-mason-s-eyebrows-and-gave-him-something-different-to/)

[Mar Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mar-preston/)

> [“interrupted, he would fall silent, then began his sentence again in exactly the same place to tell it in his own way, at his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mar-preston/interrupted-he-would-fall-silent-then-began-his-sentence-again-in/)

[Mar Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mar-preston/)

> [“At this Bagatur hurled himself to the floor, prostrated himself, and began to pray, a high-pitched babble of pleading. It wasn’t English. He was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mar-preston/at-this-bagatur-hurled-himself-to-the-floor-prostrated-himself-and/)

[Mar Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mar-preston/)

> [“Okay,” Mason said, feeling a surge of hope. The protocol now was to force the hostage- taker to make decisions about trivial things like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mar-preston/okay-mason-said-feeling-a-surge-of-hope-the-protocol-now-was-to-force/)

[Mar Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mar-preston/)

> [“dirt lane ran behind these old double lots built for beach cottages early in the last century. Back then not every house had flush…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mar-preston/dirt-lane-ran-behind-these-old-double-lots-built-for-beach-cottages/)

[Mar Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mar-preston/)

> [“Mason’s thoughts went to what he’d do if his own nine-year-old were seventeen. If Haley needed a ride home, and somehow he couldn’t pick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mar-preston/mason-s-thoughts-went-to-what-he-d-do-if-his-own-nine-year-old-were/)

[Mar Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mar-preston/)

> [“She crossed her arms and frowned. “He doesn’t care about her. That’s what I think. Nobody cared about that girl. She was exploited. I’ll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mar-preston/she-crossed-her-arms-and-frowned-he-doesn-t-care-about-her-that-s/)

[Mar Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mar-preston/)

> [“He had once waited for Ginger outside the yoga studio and surreptitiously watched through a window. She and her friend Caroline had twisted themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mar-preston/he-had-once-waited-for-ginger-outside-the-yoga-studio-and/)

[Mar Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mar-preston/)

> [“All’s we need to do is ask for what we need. Right?” Delgado said, shifting his heavy body in a chair, looking skeptical.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mar-preston/all-s-we-need-to-do-is-ask-for-what-we-need-right-delgado-said/)

[Mar Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mar-preston/)

> [“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mar-preston/imaginary-evil-is-romantic-and-varied-real-evil-is-gloomy-monotonous-2/)

[Mar Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mar-preston/)

> [“Time to check in with Sgt. York, his boss. Unlike Delgado who had trained him and become a friend over time, York kept an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mar-preston/time-to-check-in-with-sgt-york-his-boss-unlike-delgado-who-had/)

[Mar Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mar-preston/)

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