Suspense for the Romantic Heart

I love movies, they are a great source of inspiration and show how much storytelling can effect the world. Below are some of my all-time favorite quotes. Enjoy!

• “That is not a dress, that is an Audrey Hepburn Movie” —Jerry McGuire
• “I love a woman who sleeps above the covers – four feet above the covers.”– Ghostbusters
• “I shall call him Squishy. And he shall be mine. And he shall be MY Squishy.” — Finding Nemo
• “Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it, or learn from it.”- The Lion King
• “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.”- Moulin Rouge
• “Do you know that place between being asleep and awake, where you still remember your dreams? That’s where I’ll always love, that’s where I’ll always wait for you.”- Tinkerbell (Hook)
• “I guarantee that we’ll have tough times. I guarantee that sooner or later one, or both of us will want to get out. But I also guarantee that if I dont ask you to be mine, I’ll regret it for the rest of my life.. because I know in my heart you’re the only one for me.”- Runaway Bride
• “…that thing, that moment, when everything around you becomes hazy.. and the only thing in focus is you and this person..and you realise that that person is the only person you should be kissing for the rest of your life.. and for one moment you get this amazing gift.. and you wanna laugh and you wanna cry cuz you feel so lucky that you found it and so so scared that its all gonna go away all at the same time.”- Never been kissed
• “Sometimes we love people so much that we have to be numb to it, because if we actually felt how much we loved them.. It would kill us.”-Riding in cars with boys
• “When a defining moment comes along, you can do one of two things. Define the moment, or let the moment define you.”- From Tin Cup
• “Don’t say we aren’t right for each other, the way I see it is… We aren’t right for anyone else.”- The Cutting Edge
• “I’d rather fight with you than make love with anyone else”- The Wedding Date
• “Kid, there are heroes and there are legends. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die”- Babe Ruth (The Sandlot)
• “Here’s to lying, stealing, cheating, and drinking.If you must lie, lie with the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. And if you drink, drink to the moments that take your breath away.”- Hitch(Jaime)
• “You know what’s wrong with you, Miss Whoever-you-are? You’re chicken, you’ve got no guts. You’re afraid to stick out your chin and say, “Okay, life’s a fact, people do fall in love, people do belong to each other, because that’s the only chance anybody’s got for real happiness. You call yourself a free spirit, a “wild thing,” and you’re terrified somebody’s gonna stick you in a cage. Well baby, you’re already in that cage. You built it yourself. And it’s not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas, or in the east by Somali-land. It’s wherever you go, because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself.”- Breakfast at Tiffany’s
• “They say, when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that’s true. What they don’t tell you is that when it starts again, it moves extra fast to catch up.”- Big Fish
• “Do you ever put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that’s what love is like. Everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but you just keep going…”- Practical Magic

Trust Me, Book Three – Jaded Promises

Eric Stiles has everything to lose and no matter how hard he fights, he can feel his life slipping away.

Rebecca Gailen thinks that the love of her life is dead and only the vigor of revenge keeps her fighting to survive.

When a secret reveals more than anyone expected, it changes Eric and Rebecca’s lives forever. The devastating truth puts the couple at odds. Can they overcome their clashing conclusions and learn to trust each other again? Or will they let it rip them apart?

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“Eric, look,” Charlie said half an hour later as they saw activity ahead of them. A house surrounded by police. Charlie pulled up alongside. Before the truck stopped, Eric jumped out, running to the scene.

“Detective Stiles,” someone called and he raced toward the uniformed officer.

“Tell me you know where they went…”

“No.”

Eric’s heart dropped into his stomach.

“But we’re pretty sure they were here.”

“Why?” Charlie asked, joining them.

“We found this,” he handed Eric a small plastic bag containing a piece of fabric wrapped in several strands of deep red hair.

“Where?”

“The basement,” he motioned inside before nodding that it was okay for him to go in.

Eric stepped through the front door, feeling Charlie behind him. He took a breath, following the hallway to the back of the house. A few random officers milled about as he passed. They came to a heavy wooden door. It was cracked open and Eric pushed it aside. It wailed in protest and he stepped into the darkness.

The stairs creaked with each step he took into the dimness below. The humid musty area was cold and damp. He swallowed hard. Gray concrete, unfinished jagged walls and dust surrounded them and a chill raked up his spine.

“We found it over there,” the same officer descended the stairs behind them. The beam of his flashlight landed to the right of where they stood.

Eric reached for a flashlight and his gaze landed on Charlie who scanned the room. An officer offered his and Eric stepped toward the area. His hand brushed against the cold concrete, but his mind still refused to accept it.

Not here…not like this…

Eric’s gaze fell on a spatter of blood and his chest flooded with an unrecognized pain.

She was here.

Unable to push the image away, he could see her trapped in the dismal space of the basement. All the air left the room and his entire body clenched at the suffocation. He ascended the stairs into the sunlight. His lungs took in the stale air. He fought for control. He mindlessly entered one of the side rooms, feeling himself begin to unhinge.

They didn’t find her, which means she’s still…

Keep it together, Stiles…falling apart isn’t going to help anyone.

The sewn seam around his emotions threatened to tear and he couldn’t move. Paralyzing agony spiked from the core of his body and he fought back in vain. He knew it wouldn’t stop until she was in his arms, safe.

“Eric, what’s going on?”

Eric shifted, wiping an unexpected wetness from his eyes. He leaned against the wall, facing his brother, pure disbelief staring back at him. It had become apparent that he’d changed into something his brother didn’t recognize.

“I’ve never seen you like this.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah, you never…”

“Yeah well, things change.”

Eric exited the room and pushed through the front door, hearing Charlie just behind him.

“Since when?”

“You still don’t get it, do you?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Have you really convinced yourself that all of this…what happened, was just some kind of joke?” Eric turned to face Charlie. “That Rebecca and I lied and hid our feelings from you because we thought it was fun?

“I don’t know what the hell you meant to do, and to be honest, I don’t really care.”

“Charlie…whether or not you choose to believe Rebecca and I didn’t expect to get involved,  we tried to walk away from our feelings but we couldn’t.” Charlie’s eyes diverted in anger, “Jesus Charlie, she went through hell and all she could think about was how she couldn’t hurt you!”

“So once again this is my fault!”

“No…I am just…” Eric tried to keep his emotions in check. “As your brother, your friend, I tried to forget about…everything. But that night, that first night in Dallas, everything changed. Rebecca and I did everything we could to ignore it, make the feelings disappear but they didn’t. They only got stronger…can you try to understand that?”

“You really expect me to—”

“I expect you to believe that I tried! I expect you to realize that what happed between Rebecca and I had nothing to do with you. To remember that until that moment, I’ve never betrayed you.”

“So because you’ve always tried to be the good big brother you want me to be okay with this? To just accept you stealing the woman I love away from me, and move on?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“Because you’re my brother and I need you to.” Eric’s eyes watered despite his continued battle against it. “Charlie, I’m in love with her.”

“I loved her, too!”

“Okay, Charlie,” Eric clenched his jaw. “Where did you see things heading with her? Let’s say we never met what then?”

“I don’t know. I never got the chance, thanks to you!”

“That’s the difference!” Eric pushed back. “Six weeks ago, and the two months before that, hell even in Dallas, I knew this was different. I knew she changed everything. Even when she left without a word and I didn’t even know her name, I couldn’t get her out of my head! I look at her and see everything I never knew I wanted. She’s woken up this person inside me that I didn’t even know was there! TI have become this person who wants a house and a family, who needs to see her every morning and hold her every night, because when I don’t, something is missing and the world doesn’t make sense. “

“Eric–”

“The difference is that the moment I met her, she became my whole world,” he struggled to keep his furious heart under control. “I know that you loved her. That was one of the reasons I stayed away as long as I did. It might not seem like much, but…she needed me and I couldn’t turn my back anymore. Now she’s gone and I can’t…If we don’t…if I can’t find her…”

“We’re going to find her, Eric.”

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