perhaps we had sex once or twice or twelve times . meanwhile , i 'd been pacing excitedly , waiting for her to come home . `` i should follow you so you do n't have to drive me back here ... after , '' she suggested , keeping pace with him . i did n't want to be the stuffy us senator , who half of the state hated . it reminded her that she already had a date . everybody seemed mad at him for no reason . `` manager of a big place like this at twenty-nine ? 