The only way out was to do what Sissy demanded—go out and kill this woman and her little boy. And then try to forget he had ever done it. - Lis Wiehl

“Amos was the first child they’d taken in, adopted at age six through an accredited agency in the former Soviet Union. “

The last book, the one on the bottom, was a copy of the 1,500-page Gray’s Anatomy. The weight was all wrong in her hands. She opened the cover, revealing a space hollowed out with surgical precision.

Cassidy was watching Elizabeth with something like awe. This was a side to her that Allison hadn’t seen before. Cassidy seemed to long for this woman’s approval, automatically doing everything a little bigger and better any time Elizabeth’s gaze turned in her direction