`` the clink of coins as i just earned a few thousand more . '' he asked , giving me the full weight of those deep-set eyes . `` it 's okay , '' molly said when he looked down at her . after the christmas party , they didnt say anything bad about each other . the boy had been lost for ten years . a person like that could imagine just about anything and believe it was real . as sure as he was that if he told her he could not , she would stay with him . 