he laughed at the length of her hesitation . i understand what it 's like to have to struggle to feed my son . nothing happened except he told me what i wanted . you just do n't work as hard . '' `` whoa , '' was all he said when they looked over at him . she sought a grip in the soft stuff of his slacks as he pulled her back against him and released one of her hands to grip her hair , tilt her head and claim . 