"I wanted to see the bullet coming, wanted to know the exact moment of my death."
- Steven Ramirez
"‘There’s no time for right or wrong,’ I said."
"You shouldn’t have done that, Dave."
"She played me with a bad hand, and I fell for it every time."
"I turned to her, my whole body hard with tiredness and regret."
"Remember. Observe, assess and act. No hesitation. No remorse."
"There’s nothing worse than delivering bad news to women. I hoped I wouldn’t get good at it."
"She smiled at him like a freshman invited to the senior prom. It made my blood boil."
"The people inside the gym didn’t stand a dead drunk’s chance."
"The sound of him drinking was indescribable—like dirty runoff down a storm drain."