`` i had an appointment this week to get on birth control . she 's very alert for someone just waking up . i fall to my knees and tug the tray through the slot . he knows me so , so well . jack studied the address and committed it to memory . again i said this slowly and when he did n't speak , i asked , `` what are n't you saying , honey ? '' she did n't want him to see how undone she was . few things interest a young man more than the contents of his nostrils . 