he leaned closer , planting a hand on the bed . `` go ahead , fancy boy , let 's hear it . '' and she went back into the house . `` since you wo n't get up and take a shower , i 'm going to give you a bath . '' and how about the first date ? how about we try something less dramatic ? she was n't a woman he could sleep with and then let go . i realized i was lost in the memory of the lion . the shopkeeper 's tone took on a new venom . 