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There’s a certain high you get from fooling the world into thinking you’re the lamb instead of the rabid wolf.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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It’s sad that I want to hide my bodies now so that my boyfriend gets a break and can spend more time with me.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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A serial killer sharing a house with a homicide detective and a FBI agent. Life doesn’t get more complicated than this.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Two bodies in two days is a rapid devolution. He’s getting too bold.” I dropped two bodies in one day, but I hardly feel like now is the time to brag about my awesome efficiency.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Why is there a gun hidden in my bathroom? Have you ever seen a horror film?
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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just smile, looking all sweet and shit. No ruthless killer here, boys. Just a harmless woman falling in love. That’s all.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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I really don’t like her. Can I cut her? Just a little?
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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When anger rises, think of the consequences. —Confucius
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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It’s all cloak and dagger right now. That’s what happens when you’re a serial killer dating a FBI profiler who hunts serial killers.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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A serial killer sharing a house with a homicide detective and a FBI agent.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Do I need to kill her? No. No. I can’t kill her. Not unless she’s a rapist. Any chance she’s a rapist?
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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We had him all wrong. There won’t be animal cruelty in his past. He’ll have been someone gentle, possibly naïve and trusting—too trusting. Trusting enough to have been someone’s victim.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Then I’d have been just as ugly on the outside as I am on the inside.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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The FBI will be all over me. And my boyfriend has the cops watching my house. The house where I have all my murder supplies that I have to use. Cops that follow me to the store when I get milk. Obviously they can’t follow me and guard my kill zone for days on end while I torture people. Stupid Boogeyman. I wish I could castrate him.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Why is there a gun hidden in my bathroom? Have you ever seen a horror film? The girl always gets stabbed in the shower. Or she runs into the bathroom and locks the door, but has no way to defend herself when the psycho killer breaks in.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. —Confucius
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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She has no idea at how sick the world is.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness. —Confucius
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Death and life have their determined appointments. —Confucius
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Definitely should have stabbed that motherfucker more. And weighed him down with stones. And chummed the water for sharks or something. Are there sharks here?
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Someone killed this guy, but I’m looking for the dozens of kids who are missing more than I’m looking for his killer.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Because a sadist would never take the time to deviate from his list and go kill a pedophile. This was motivated.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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It’s the first time I’ve faced my past with a face I didn’t want to cut off.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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But they’re looking for a monster. Not a girl who loves red. Not a girl who is falling in love. Not a girl who died ten years ago.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Kill all the monsters,” she whispers. “That way they don’t hurt anyone else.” Lindy’s breath catches, and I frown. I hope her influence outshines mine in the long run. “I’ll kill them all so you never have to,” I whisper back,
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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We had him all wrong. There won’t be animal cruelty in his past. He’ll have been someone gentle, possibly naïve and trusting—too trusting. Trusting enough to have been someone’s victim. Instead of it shattering him; he came back for cold vengeance.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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I don’t feel comfortable with a random stranger sleeping in my house. A badge doesn’t make him noble.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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He’s bringing back parts of me that I thought were dead, resurrecting my soul from ashes. But all the shadows that lurk inside me, hiding the monster within… Those are parts he can never see.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Their sins stained my soul with so much darkness that their deaths are needed to cleanse me.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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There’s no way a girl carried him to the water alone.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance. —Confucius
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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It’s often easier for someone to believe evil can’t exist inside someone they love, than to admit they’ve failed someone who should be more important. We see it too often. The blind eye effect is what we call it,
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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He knows calligraphy?
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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He saved the child. The child feels safe because he’s the dark knight that slayed the monster who has haunted her for months, ever since her disappearance. Our unsub handed her over to this woman, who he swore would keep her safe. She trusted him. She was cared for by Lindy, and the bond formed instantly.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change. —Confucius
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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He left you all alone finally. Tell me, princess, are you afraid of the Boogeyman?
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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He said that he wanted her brought in, or failing that, do what you have to. Alex liked to be able to do what he had to. So much so, that he usually found a reason to.
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Rich people,” he muttered to himself. “When will I learn?” He turned back to Dagmar. “What exactly are you doing?” he asked. Dagmar was standing, facing into the room. His eyes darting from side to side. He was checking out the symbols making sure they were right. Making sure that everything was in its place. “Only a god can ensure the immortality of the Dagmar family. And our families longevity ensures that of those who follow.” He gestured over the four rich folk watching like he was some shit Vegas magician. Sigh. “You’re immortal, and you use your unending power to run a chain of pubs on the south coast? Huh.
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Ash Ericmore (Sloppy Seconds (Sick F*ck, #2))
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Feisty. I like that. And so pretty. Agent Bennett picks them well,
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors. —Confucius
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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It's often easier for someone to believe evil can't exist inside someone they love, than to admit they've failed someone who should be more important.'' - Logan Bennett
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Why is there a gun hidden in my bathroom? Have you ever seen a horror film? The girl always gets stabbed in the shower.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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The cautious seldom err. —Confucius
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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It’s better to err on the side of caution.” “The cautious seldom err,” he quips, quoting Confucius
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Never contract friendship with a man who is not better than thyself. —Confucius
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. —Confucius
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Keep me awake while I drive,” I tell her, not commenting on any of the other. “You want me to tell you about how I broke my vibrator this morning?
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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It’s a terrible pun, but I nailed that bastard’s balls to the wall.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Apparently all the girls on his team seem to have an issue with me, especially since this is the second one I’ve met and she’s regarding me with a scowl. Don’t these women know that it’s dangerous to piss off a highly trained killer?
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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But I obviously don’t point that out. A good, sane, non-stabby girl wouldn’t know that.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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When anger rises, think of the consequences.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts? —Confucius
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes. —Confucius
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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This is for the ones who lost their voice. This is for the ones who wish they could be Lana Myers. This is for the ones people still whisper about. This is for the ones who fight every single day to forget. You’re not alone.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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I can handle a lot of things, but I won’t let you walk all over me, then refuse to offer me the same peace of mind.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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go on, keeping my tone even, refusing to show too much emotion. I don’t bleed for the world anymore.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Turns out, I’m just someone he didn’t bother to think of when I was going out of my mind with all the worst case scenarios.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Now I just wait on the chips to fall in place, and while they play poker, I’ll be playing dominoes.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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I jog upstairs, head into my secret room, and touch the apple on my desk. It’s a wax apple, brilliantly red, and there are seven nails sticking out of it. Still many more to go.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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You know it’s worth it. You stop killers. You’re a hero.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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I’ve had self-defense training. I have two guns. I also plan to run out the back door instead of up the stairs. We’re good. I can handle this.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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The truck that fucking passed us,” I say through clenched teeth. “It was him. He even blew his motherfucking horn!
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Just make sure those sons of bitches never hurt anyone ever again.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Death and life have their determined appointments.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))
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Kill all the monsters,” she whispers. “That way they don’t hurt anyone else.
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S.T. Abby (Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2))