it was adrian 's voice-and she was more than prepared to ignore it when the scene she 'd witnessed from the window flashed before her sunken eyes : jim sprawled on the floor , the idiot bitch sissy cradling him like she was in a nicholas sparks movie , adrian across the room making like a throw pillow on the sofa ... and colin , the archangel , on his ass , staring at jim like something unthinkable had just happened .