well , have a seat then , jack finally said with a sigh , waving toward one of his office chairs . he squared his shoulders and decided to play the hand dealt him . she would be an idiot to think he really meant for her to meet him at the beach . with a last shove , he brought the young man flat up against the plastered wall of the cottage . college is about being wide-eyed and open . the downstairs office windows are boarded up and i could n't look out of them if i had wanted to . 