the walls had been painted about thirty years earlier in a glossy vanilla shade and love saw no reason to change it . and clearly , he was dumped by the general . i wanted you to be out of control . the ability to keep out of another woman 's bed for instance . and since when does the boy have such opinions ? he took her hand and rubbed his thumb over her knuckles . `` so we can do this easy , or we can do it hard . 