occasionally , water would drop on her face . the door behind him opened , and a police officer entered . but her threat was a joke , too . `` that must have been one horrible dream . '' they 'd invited me over , but the last thing i wanted was to put on a happy face when everything in my life was going wrong . no more fight in me , i nodded , reaching over to get my bag out of his way . by god , he 'd never been so furious with anyone before in his life . 