and now i do the same , the cat added with pride , i asked him to teach me to play . she wondered what he would do when he discovered that his clothes were missing . she slipped down the hall and into lily 's office and shut the door . so for the longest time , he stood there , holding her and kissing her . him and your dad fighting to the death in that empty pool . '' theyre here , she said , not immediately moving from her husbands arms . 