he nestled his cheek against my small hand , and he let out a breath ; something hard and unpleasant went out of him . yeah , okay , maybe some things never did change , and maybe the argument had been more bill 's fault than his . `` where did you get the furniture ? '' he went right , which she copied . `` he called it 'shut off the wind , ' as i recall . his tongue stroked the inside of her mouth . as often as they had sex , they fought even more . 