_{concerning sentence starters || accepting! - @trional.}

_{❝ he is a very clever man, helena. ❞ caroline froze her with a stone-cold glance from the opposite side of helena’s locked compartment, voice low and barely audible above the sound of both men and shovels working to free the orient express. barely louder than a smooth whisper, choked despite the woman’s urge to raise it and make a scene that would surely give them all away. ruin their plans, the very same thing she was trying to prevent from happening.}

_{if only she would listen to her mother, for once in her life —- but poirot would break her daughter and caroline knew it. she could see it coming, having been put to the test countless times during the last few hours alone.}

_{❝ we have to do better than lying, we must believe it ourselves. and you’re not ready, let me help you rehearse. ❞}