`` wow , '' he breathes , when he walks around behind me . the truth was , maybe she had n't believed in herself . `` i went twenty-four hours without a cigarette . '' `` maybe she was , maybe she was n't . tiny walked her out toward the car . she nodded and gave a time of four hours . that damn heat worked its way back to his cheeks . then again i do n't really know what time it is . events were moving so fast it was hard even to think . 