they raced to get it over with . * * * alan pulled the last bit of crab grass from the yard , surveying his work . old vehicles forced off the road sat empty . i ca n't get enough of touching him , talking to him . `` is it possible for someone , for lucas , to actually come into my dreams ? i did n't think there 'd be any danger , as long as he got the money . i no longer wished to be part of her dreams . 