NOTE: To lessen any confusion, all the books are told from Anita's point of view, which is in first person.

The Lunatic Cafe

"You do have a last name, don't you?"

"Of course. Good night, Anita." The phone line went dead, buzzing in my hand like an unquiet spirit.
   - Anita and Edward on the phone

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A smile spread across his face, beautiful to behold. "You always make my job easier."

"Not on purpose."

He shrugged. "Do you want half the fee? You did do half the work."
    - When Anita tells Edward she killed someone he was after

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"...You like keeping secrets for the pure hell of it."

He smiled then, a slow, lazy smile. "You do know me well."
    - Anita remarking about Edward being his secretive self

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"No more games. I would like to know which of us was best, Anita, but not enough to kill you."
    - Edward on him and Anita going up against each other

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"Be afraid of Edward, but never be jealous of him."
    - Anita to Richard when he finds out she was watching a porno film with Edward

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"I'll give you two lovebirds the bed. I'll sit over here." He sat down in the chair again, watching us. "Don't mind me if the mood strikes you."

"Shut up and start the movie," I said.
    - Edward and Anita when he goes to replay the film for her and Richard

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"You go for your gun as quickly as I do. That wasn't true two years ago."

"It's been a rough two years," I said.
He smiled. "Most people wouldn't have seen me move in the dark."

"My night vision is excellent," I said.

"I'll remember that."

"Let's call it a truce tonight, Edward. I'm too tired to screw with it tonight."

He gave one nod, and tucked the gun at the small of his back.

"That wasn't where the gun started out," I said.

"No," he said, "it wasn't."
    - Edward and Anita after they draw guns

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Edward was sitting down. He looked at me across the room, and I knew that if we ever got out, they were all dead.
    - Anita watching Edward as they are being held captive

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I asked Edward if Forrester was his real last name. He just smiled.
    - Anita when she finds out about Edward's alias