`` that 's good , '' eric said , though he sounded too calm . `` please tell me what happened to you , how you were able to cope . '' the heat of his hand slipping under the fabric of my shorts sends fire through my legs . then she stumbled and fell to the floor . blake asked aloud as he floated over to a dresser that had a few framed photographs on top of it . and i thought of how if jack somehow magically returned , he would n't recognize his family , because it had disintegrated . 