to feel if his lips were as soft as they looked . `` well , i ... '' i started , but was cut off by a voice behind me . he had tried so hard to make her forgive as a child , and had failed too many times to count . after they married , i thought that would settle her down . '' the captain gave the frozen smirk of those caught between a rock and a hard place . he liked hanging out at the pool hall on thursdays . 