nothing just stops , of course ; the wind kept blowing and the waves kept surging ahead of it , but i felt the sentient black anguish of that hurricane extinguish itself in a blaze of heart-destroying sorrow , and time skipped two beats for a period of mourning , and then ... ... then eladio delgado 's hummer slammed to the ground two feet to the left of the mustang , rolled , and exploded into flame so hot that i felt it on the passenger side of the car , through layers of steel and glass .