sweet talk

Their version of sweet talk is Ivy chirping, “Never leave me — but when you do, kill me on the way out.”

It’s a central theme in my book to help clarify that no amount of sweet talk can replace the inevitable loss, the inherent loss, that is adoption.

We jump from screaming to sweet talk, and from current subplot to the far past to a few days ago.

Realtor Liz Jones said some agents continue to encourage the practice, putting buyers in a tough position if they’d rather leave out the sweet talk.

He sweet talks our darker impulses in a way that makes his murders justifiable, understandable even, although we – and he – know his compulsions are immoral.