around them the crickets sang as the waves crashed against the shore . seeing them made her skin crawl . theres no reason to do this . it took twenty years to come back this time . `` last of all , i want to hear you say 'i love you ' every day of my life . i will come by tomorrow , and we can talk more about marketing . `` he has n't slept well in a long time . '' thumping against my ribs like its trapped . she did n't know what that was supposed to mean . 