*** a wrap-up of november-december sales was due by three p.m. where to begin ? `` when i came up to get you earlier , she looked like she was . it seemed fitting that his last sunrise should be the most beautiful one he had ever seen . there were too many people in the lobby , too much confusion . they 'd seen no sign of him since , and several calls to the school had only hit the answering machine . she shrugged , `` if you call it that . i only say one word , but its loaded . 