I didn't dare think of the future; the past was still happening.

“Any lawyer worth his salt knew the first offer had to be rejected.”

“There had been so many. He had hired young ones because they were more plentifu…”

“The Senator did not know who owned the jet, nor had he ever met Mr. Trudeau, wh…”

“A battered wife is a married woman until she gets a divorce. Or until she kills…”