Six months. The next six months had changed everything. But for Ella Mitchell, being with Dallas Winston felt like freedom. (Sequel to "Green Light")

Eight months. Eight lousy months he has to get through to earn his diploma while staying out of trouble . . . if that was even possible for Dallas Winston. What a joke.

I never bothered to care about faith much, but I had to believe that my prayer, or lack of, had been heard, because that's the only thing I had to go on. (Corresponds to chapter five of "Compos Mentis")

A lot of people think that I'm just a shallow girl, but there's a lot more that I think about that I'm not willing to say.

Nothing was safe, nothing in the world was safe, especially him, and the thoughts that plagued his mind in the stillness of the night were only a severe reminder of that.

Life for you begins at eighteen.

You take a good, long moment to study him.

"If he gets killed or something, you just bury him. No sweat." Marcia reflects.