Chapter 173 Very Happy Tomorrow

• "A very good...and close...friend," I couldn't help adding with a little bit of bravado.
• She looked me over, catching the bruise on my lip and mint-smelling lipstick on various parts of me, and said, "Well, I have to tell you, Bill, I'm feeling better about you. Lew told me about your little booty call with that former Assistant State Attorney, the one he always called Dimples. We were both glad you were finally getting some action, after Debbie. But this woman..."
• "She's special, Mona. I can't say anything more than that, but she's special. She's done me a world of good."