she made him see that being alone was n't all that it was cracked up to be , not when something so amazing could be waiting at home for him every night . before either chris or duff could react mike punched chris square in the jaw with a mighty right cross . he had bought me an apartment on the beach and even managed to get me a job working as a church secretary . she had n't eaten in a long time and should have been starving , but even the fruit did n't appeal to her . 