rays smile faded and he released her . `` she e-mailed the photo to me while you were inside the cake walk . '' `` did you have a hard time finding this shop ? '' id say its a woman , like mommy . the minute the door closed he pushed me up against it . i crossed my arms and glared at the floor . she switched off the pot and poured the hot water into a mug . but even though i 'd fallen in love with the man-it was n't hard to do-he never told me he loved me . 