““(Beth) “You can’t leave me behind!” “I can and I will, if I have to break your neck to keep you from following me.” “I’d like to see you try.” “No, you wouldn’t.” His voice was flat, unemotional, but even in the darkness she could see the faint flicker in his eyes. She looked behind her, at the crumpled body of the pot smoking soldier, his head at an odd angle, his eyes open and staring. “Oh, God,” she whispered, horrified. What had seemed a strange kind of nightmare was suddenly, terribly real. “Did you kill him?” “No, the tooth fairy came along and took care of him.””
![“He moved around the wide counter, silent as always. She was sitting on the floor, her arms wrapped around her knees, her fist in her mouth to try to quiet her sobs, and he realized he hadn’t actually seen her cry before. [..] She must have felt his eyes on her, for she suddenly swallowed her sob…” quote by Anne Stuart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/eb3/anne-stuart-2580_eyes-looking_he-moved-around-the-wide-counter-silent_2223162.jpg)
