'' how did you know anything was ? '' '' you mean other than the fact you 're phoning and it 's past midnight ? do n't worry , i was n't asleep . norman went to bed hours ago , but i 'm up reading one of mary higgins clark 's mysteries . '' '' midnight . i did n't realize it was that
late

grace said , '' you know what always bothered me ? '' he did not reply . '' your running away . it does n't happen very much - a rock star just giving up like that . there are rumors about elvis or jim morrison , but that 's because they 're dead . there was that movie , eddie and the cruisers , but that was a
movie

his mocking smile returned , and her anger blazed anew . '' take your hands off me . '' he raised them to show they were no longer connected to her person . '' i 'm trying to apologize , lady patience . '' drat him for that spark of sincerity . '' you did n't want to hear mine . now i do n't want to hear
yours