[about mosquitoes]
Mac Taylor: Only the female of the species bite.
Stella Bonasera: Good for her!

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Mac: I don't believe that for a second.
Vincent: That's 'cause you're a cop.
Stella Bonasera: No. It's because people lie.

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Mac: His belt's undone.
Stella: The woman in heels either knew him or was about to.

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Stella: Tiffany's. Now you're talking my language.
Mac: You can tell from a map?
Stella: Are you kidding? I can tell from the moon. Love those little blue boxes.

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Stella Bonasera: When you were a little kid, did you ever tie a towel around your neck, pretend to be a superhero....

Chapter 2

Stella’s POV
“Stella?” Mac whispered in my ear. “You have to wake up.”
“Hmm. Why?” I mumbled back.
“You have to wake up every hour. You have a pretty bad concussion remember?”

I opened my eyes and saw that Mac was still sitting in the chair next to my bed. I noticed he was holding my hand.

“I just talked with your doctor. He told me that you can get home tomorrow, if there’s someone who can wake you up every hour.”
“Oh.”
“I told him that I would personally take care of that.” Mac finished.
“Mac. You don’t have to do that.”
“I don’t want you to spend...