five days later , we were at the fort . you 'd use that device to spy . a wind gust tore the balloons from the front stoop . 'she said she did n't like her . she just waited for me to bring it up first . but then she thought of everything he had done to her over the past three months . warmth stirred deep inside him , flowering into need . agnes whispered to her , i saw your photograph on the news this morning and the phone is ringing off the hook . 