its not the money with you , is it ? he kissed my lips-the most tender and precious kiss i 'd ever experienced . i was using you , wanting to punish you , but i took things too far . and that was if they were kind . but something foul and alive was eating him away from the inside out . i can do that when im , you know a ghost ? i close my eyes , then lift them open again . `` why , have you thought of stealing it ? '' the woman looked down at her notes . 