`` might as well be here as there . '' it was thomass voice on the other end of the phone . `` i love it like this , '' he said , brushing his lips along her na**d shoulder . our house was cold and silent , and i was relieved to turn on the lights and fire up the furnace . `` i really wish you could n't read my mind . was this what it felt like to drive in competition ? you and your people shall not be forgotten . we dozed away the afternoon , wrapped around each other . 