`` i know , '' he snapped , `` but can you ? '' `` because you do so without arguing first . '' the woman turned and hurried from the roof . `` but what we had is over . '' the love she felt for him made her nervous at times . she walked slowly around the edge , testing each bar . i stood and took a shower in my three-by-three-foot bathroom , brushed my teeth before dressing in my uniform of jeans and a t-shirt . `` um ... just the alarm system and the garage . '' 