desire melted through me , hot and urgent . just touching her hand last night when she 'd cut her finger had been too much . ed 's mother sat down slowly on a plastic chair . it had left the building thirteen hours ago . jane let the door go , and clay stepped right into the apartment and closed the door behind him . and it hurt because it was dead-on . im afraid youre our last hope . the second blow to my stomach had knocked the wind out of me . 