tears rushed my eyes as his words sunk in . `` you 're going to get it now , babe . '' `` he gave me money , but i left it in his truck . `` how- '' `` word gets around , and i generally hear it . for the rest of my hospital stay , i study the pieces , putting them together in a dozen ways in an attempt to see the whole picture . all this based on the one kiss you gave him in the locker room two months ago ? 