of course , just let me check , the nurse replied , rapidly typing on the computers keyboard . as a claims investigator i had worked with a few private eyes . so , what do you suppose hell do now ? `` it just seems bizarre to be sitting here while everything is going on . '' if we have to leave in a hurry it may be useful . he thought his hand would turn to sand , crumble , and blow away like ashes in the wind when he felt her cold skin . 