`` what did you and my wife talk about for three weeks ? '' the voice i needed to hear was skates . there has to be something up here . getting out and doing this felt great , like a seven-ton weight was lifted from my shoulders . open the god-damn door now woman ! ' `` you 'd turn your back on the club for this woman ? '' but i 'm not going to the damn lab- '' `` yes , you are . '' he was a staff sergeant and one of the best . 