wait , he told himself , things were not as bad as all that , get hold of your imagination . he knew that even drunk , she 'd still keep those secrets . bottom line , they needed to talk this out ; it was just a question of finding a good `` when '' for that . so where ya wan na go ? i wrote down a bogus address for where i was staying and claimed it was with a friend . he smiled and nodded and seemed to have forgotten that i had checked out a week earlier . 