outside the wind howled angrily as if it was a monster that was frustrated it could not reach these lovers in their warm bed . he had no idea how he 'd gotten out of that one alive . he went to the trunk of the car , opened it up , and started gathering the bags she 'd bought . he remembered the woman from before . at 9:30 p.m. she saw the light in the office on and figured ben must be in there with his damn video games again . and being here with holiday helped make it so . 