and she had to drink all of it ? and i still was n't certain if my luck had changed for the better or for the worse . i walked across the cafeteria to where a guy sat at a table for two , all by his lonesome . then quieter than a mouse he stole back . jack set down the phone and looked at me . he figured that he was going to get some good advice from a good woman . for months , cade had gotten his ass handed to him . `` anything is better than ma'am . '' 