that meant the trip back took much longer than the trip out here . `` looks like a really nice hotel , '' he said . 'there wo n't be anyone on watch the next time something happens , ' he said . `` a lot of people like you , '' she said . grace moved away from the window and started peeling off her clothes in preparation for a shower . she 's teaching a class right now , but we could be there by two-thirty . '' i asked , heading for the bathroom to splash water on my face . 