Sunset Beach Quotes
"Thanks, babe." She gave the cracked vinyl dashboard an encouraging pat.
"I’ll go," she said, her voice steely. "But don’t even think about trying to stiff me for my share of the tip-out tonight."
"Don’t be such a bitch. I need two of those strawberry thingies."
"I guess I could do lunch. Where do you want to go?"
"She soaked me for a waterfront house, a new car and attorney’s fees to keep both Kyler and Kayson out of prison."
"You’re the boss’s daughter. He has a house on the beach. You have a house on the beach. No biggie."
"Or I call the state beverage control board and text them photos of all the shit-faced underage Barbies in here tonight."
"But if you ever, ever breathe a word about last night to anybody, I will hurt you. Do you understand?"
"It was standing wide open when I got here. You might want to lock it in the future. Sunset Beach isn’t like it was when your grandparents were alive. There’s actual crime now."
"I remember more than you give me credit for."
"You should have seen it when I got here," she said, shuddering at the memory.
"I can’t think about that right now," Drue said. "Definitely not in my budget."
"For a while there, every five years or so, me or one of the other detectives would pick it up again, chase down some leads, talk to some potential witnesses. But we never really got anywhere."
"That’s not fair," Brice said, his amiable mood gone. "Why all the hostility toward Wendy?"
"Did your mom ever mention I never once missed a child support payment? And that every year, without a court order, I upped the payment because I thought that was fair?"
"I don’t want to hear what the law says," she said, her voice hoarse. "I know what’s going on here. You took some kind of payoff from the insurance company, didn’t you? What’d they pay you?"
"It’s the damned Home Shopping Network. I’ve asked, I’ve put it in writing, I’ve even gone to the director of the home himself, but they refuse to do anything about it."
"That television is her best friend. Her only friend. I just want them to block the damned HSN."
"I guess I don’t understand how that constitutes abuse. Or neglect," she said, choosing her words carefully.
"It’s a no-brainer. The maintenance worker has a criminal record, which the nursing home should have known about, the masseuse works for an escort service, and, get this, now Granddaddy has an STD."
"We want to see three confirmed ‘viable’ cases from every member of the team this week. And for every prospective client who does go ahead and sign with us, that team member will be entered into a drawing for a one-hundred-dollar Visa gift card!"
"There’s a lot you don’t know about me," Brice said.
"I been trying to get to see Brice Campbell ever since she called to tell me about the check I was going to be getting. He promised me four, maybe five million dollars. And I get nothing? That ain’t right."
"I’m telling you right now," Jonah said, leaning across the table. "We had our best recruiting year ever. We’ve got defense, we’ve got offense, this is going to be the year of the Gator."
"My day job is as a physical therapist. I’m in training to do an Iron Man triathlon, which is why you see me running so often."
"You can’t get caught up in this stuff, Drue," Ben said, his face earnest. "Everybody who calls, everybody who walks in the door, they all have a sob story."
"You’d think so," Ben said. "But the very best cases are severe, catastrophic injuries, especially if our client loses a body part, like an eye or a hand."
"I’m pretty boring. I’m only a trainer in the sense that I’m my own best client," he said. "My day job is as a physical therapist. I’m in training to do an Iron Man triathlon, which is why you see me running so often."
"If you’re going to get emotionally attached to every hard-luck story that comes down the pike, maybe you better cut your losses now and find another line of work."
"I feel badly for the grandmother, and the child, which is why I cut my fee."
"I know you don’t believe me, but we did all we could for Yvonne and Aliyah."
"You can feel empathy without wasting their time, and ours."
"I’ve got a staff to pay—including you—overhead, benefits, and a pension to fund."
"I think so too. I was working the reception desk when Yvonne Howington, that’s the mother’s name, came in with the little girl. Aliyah."
"The place is kind of sad, but it’s not as bad as some of these other fleabags I’ve been to."
"I never hit my wife. Did you ever hit your wife, Zee?"
"We had an argument. Maybe I had a little too much to drink. Things got a little out of hand."
"Don’t go anywhere near her, you hear me? If you lay a hand on her again? If we get another domestic call about you? I promise, things won’t end like this next time."
"I don’t know what I’d do if I couldn’t run or swim, all the things that are such a huge part of my life."
"A little over seven thousand dollars." Her eyes gleamed with excitement. "I’ll have enough to make a new start in a new town."
"What happens if Allen comes after you? Calls the cops and reports that you and his money went missing? Won’t he try and track you down?"
"Nothing illegal, right? I’m a cop, remember?"
"Bring the ID then, okay? I don’t know how much more I can take."
"SEE ME." Was she being sent to the woodshed as a result of the previous evening’s snarky phone call?
"This is bullshit," Drue said angrily. "Why don’t you just stick me in the corner of the office and give me a big dunce cap to wear?"
"That’s okay. I try to be a good Christian, you know?"
"High five," Zee said, when they were both inside the pickup truck. He held his hand up, palm out, and Drue slapped it.
"The client didn’t even slip on the Smirnoff," Drue exclaimed. "It was the ice cream. And the clerk should have cleaned it up. That’s negligence, right?"
"I’m the big sister?" she asked, but from the expression on her father’s face, she instantly regretted her words.
"I’ll have another," Drue said, seizing the opportunity. "And you can bring my friend here whatever she’s drinking."
"I thought that was old news," Jonah said. He shook his head. "Don’t you agree that it’s a little much, Brice having another kid at his age?"
"I been doing hair since I was twelve. Soon as I get my license, I’m gonna open my own salon. Hair, nails, eyelashes, all of it."
"You get a lot of freaks staying in hotels, you know."
"We fussed at each other sometimes, but ain't nobody could stay mad with that girl for long."
"I guess she could have, but why wouldn’t she tell me? I was her best friend."
"Maybe you are for real. So yeah. We played the bosses."
"You're not seriously going to eat that, are you?"
"I know that’s right. We got no power, so what’s to stop these dudes from doing whatever they want to us?"
"That's always the way, right? So, did you have the same kind of arrangement with Herman that your friend had?"
"We just made sure he treated her right, that's all."
"I'm just going to go to bed and hibernate for a while."
"I thought you’d seen a doctor about that problem."
"Your accident was three years ago, as I recall, and your case was settled."
"I'm not one of these people who want to gaze at my navel and talk about my toxic childhood."
"I will be back tomorrow. And the day after that too, unless something is done."
"Trust me, there’s nothing more worth watching, so I’m gonna speed it up to show you the last room Jazmin cleaned that night, room 133, because I’m tired and I want to go home and see my family and take a bath."
"You could just transfer it to a flash drive. I’ll take it with me and watch it again. Who knows? Maybe a fresh set of eyes will catch something you missed."
"She cleaned a total of twelve rooms that night."
"I’m not hanging around here for another minute. And you’re done poking your nose in police business."
"I don’t give a rat’s ass about your policies."
"I’ve been watching it, here at work, all night. And I think I’ve figured out what happened."
"I will, by God. And if I can’t get in the front door, Mom, I’ll go in the back."
"I’m not near death. I’m a little groggy, is all."
"You could have come to me with your suspicions."
"I guess you’ve forgotten that you used to drag me out to practice at the pistol range for hours on end that last summer."
"I’m afraid of lots of things. I just hide it better than most people."
"And when I’m under the water, I open my eyes and I look at the little fish, and I’m not one bit afraid."
"I think it means he’s dreaming about something nice."