-but anyway , to continue this tale ; there i was , and there he was , and it seemed clear that he understood that i knew that he was following me . my tongue did n't want to deny what my body wanted . there was a bottle of champagne and even rose petals . '' everyone at the table followed suit . she bent to retrieve them , but somehow he was there first . the silence that had filled the room a moment before fled , and was replaced by the sounds of screaming metal . 