as if she were reading his thoughts , she glanced at him . `` you can skirt around them when you 're going to the village . '' she waited until i nodded , to show i understood , and as she removed her hand i realized that the truck had stopped again . who do you think youre dealing with here harmony ? she could use the time to decide where to go and what to do with her life . there he was in a long coat , sitting at a stone table and smiling at me . 