her mother stirred as she walked in , as if she 'd simply been lying in bed waiting for mary to come back . if he was standing here today he 'd kick my ass across this building and back for losing sight of the big picture . '' it had never occurred to her there could be other property tied to their marriage . 'thank goodness we had someone who could shoot lightning out of their a**hole on-hand to not do a gods-damned thing about it . ' she ran for the cover of a dusty fake palm by the ice machine . 