i haul her against me , needing to feel her heart beating against mine . `` well , enjoy your meal , '' she says and then slips her ticket book inside the pocket of her apron . as she was tiring her real age was beginning to show . he had an alarm on his house , telephone line to the alarm company . just tell me , which is it he begged . the next day , he took his drawing to the tattoo parlor . chapter fourteen one week later `` god . 