when our lips met she stopped being stubborn . because they were family and they loved her , they agreed . i used to imagine her living with my dad and me when i was tied up in that closet . `` there 's a hotel just around the corner . no , i had to have her back , with me , alive here on earth and not in some distant paradise . `` do you like me the way you liked that girl ? '' i can not hold back the tears . 