he could feel her looking at him , but he kept his back to her . `` okay , i need you to step outside with the baby , so my partner can get the stretcher for your wife . '' they were coming from behind a nearby sand dune . but i do love you and i will for the rest of my life and beyond . '' id seen up close the results of two explosions in my life . lucy supposed she might have a point , though she 'd never had any trouble staying in the saddle herself . 