i pulled away from violet so i could look at her . why had the man lied , she wondered ? she let out a strange noise before she twirled around . noel rolled the top catalogue tightly in his hands . i think we left it in here last year . a moment later fred re-entered the house saying , come check this out , to me . now whenever i get angry at him , i tell him that i kissed his ass once , and thats enough for a lifetime . 