i leaned forward to check my caller-id device . summer closed her eyes and drew a deep breath . it felt so good , sharing a lover 's inside joke with him . hell , he should have done this a long time ago . i decide that i have earned a day of doing exactly that , so i cover up with a blanket and close my eyes . she 's an honorary member of the order of the brass octopus . a long silence stretched on the other end of the line . it was all over and another year was beginning . 