the whole thing made me sick to my stomach . there 's me ... or there 's that woman in the swamp . she kicked her foot hard enough that one of her sandals flew across the room and smacked into a wall . he was in complete control of this moment between them . clearly ready to do anything to cancel the olympics . `` thanks , '' she said , biting her lip . a writer we used to like taught us that . she then took out a small package wrapped in newspaper . 