you stay until you 're voted out , and when you come back , you do the press tour like a good girl , write your articles that give us an exclusive inside look , and then you write your book . breath by breath , the roar of the explosions leaked out of my ears , and small noises bubbled up to fill in the silence . he 'd grown much warmer , as sleeping babies did , and heavy in the curve of my arm . at that point it would only be a matter of time . 