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"When I said police, Susana like practically jumped out of her Vans. But I calmed her down. I told her that you weren't regular police. That you were one of us" ( 47)

"What do those pigs want?" I ignore the fact that I fall in the category of 'those pigs'" (86)

"They warned her not to talk to the police, and especially not to Ellie Rush" (103)

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"Since you went blue collar with the LAPD, all this pressure is on me to make it academically. Mom keeps saying that she didn't send you to private school to ride a bike at work" (17)

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"I am proud of myself. I've survived the first meeting with Benjamin's new girl" (89).

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"I'm shocked by at least a dozen of the e-mails. The authors probably don't even know Jenny, but they say awful things about her. The C-word and the B-word. And in some cases, a racial epithet, the G-word, thrown in. It makes me sick. One seems to issue a warning. 'Communist girlfriend of Tuan Le. She deserved what she got. Tuan is next,' one read" (86).
- Really mean messages about Jenny

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"I didn't come here for your sake. I did it for Susana. You need to stay the hell away from her" (104)

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"'Mac's not happy to see me. 'I thought I told you to patrol North Broadway'" (24).

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"'Ellie my dear, you're among friends. Let's be honest. You can't help. You're just a bicycle cop'" (12).

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"'So you're not going to say? I know that you're this official LAPD blue or whatever, but remember that you're a friend first'" (42).

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"You're not a detective, Officer Rush. You have no place hotdogging and interfering in an investigation" (104).

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"Cortez bends down to give me a peck on the cheek, but without thinking, I move my face so his lips touch mine. His lips are soft, and I am close enough that I can smell his cologne. Before he can react, I jog toward the station entrance, both embarrassed and impressed at what I've done" (97).
"'Is there anything else that you want to tell me?'
I think about Susana and the Ratmobile. It would be too much or me to mention that now. 'No, nothing else'" (94).
- Ellie's romance life with Cortez!?
- Ellie still hides information from him

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"'So, what's going on out here?' Mom says. She and Dad come outside with their coffee.
'Nothing. We are just talking about work.'
'Work? It's Saturday. Ellie's day off. And it's not like you're her supervisor.'
'Caroline, I'm the number two person with the LAPD.'
Ohmygod. I sense where this is going" (64).
"It was mother-daughter work day at the LAPD, and since Aunt Cheryl never had kids, she asked me if I wanted to join her for the day. My mother, at first, refused to allow me to miss a whole day of school, but when my principal found out about it, I was practically ordered to go. Mom was convinced that her big sister was behind my principal's 'encouragement'" (31).
- Parents and Aunt Cheryl disagree on Ellie's work.

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"'Ellie. You need to be careful.' His voice is dead serious... His phone, which is on the table, rings, and I catch the name on the screen. Kari" (111).
- Benjamin doesn't seem to give Ellie all the information that he knows
- Kari bothers Ellie