Jim and Julia couldn't remember if Rose had ever been anything but a friend. She was part of their lives, part of the house and family, although neither close family nor distant relative.

Cax and Sally, they's always on the corner

Cax, she's about my height maybe prettier

Sally looks like Fonda's boy

No. Anyway, they's the first ones come to mind

Jon punched like a mower blade lops dandelion puffs. Of course his jaw hadn’t come off, as I’d seen, but that guy’s sculpted hair lay strewn, a mess around his face.

Weak character tangles up the bedclothes and strangles the mind to death before morning.