`` is it in the cardboard box in the family-room closet with all the other videos ? '' all right , tomorrow night , you pick her up . she did n't have a clue if this was the right thing to say , but needed to risk saying it anyway . startled , her gaze flew up to meet his and was caught in the blaze of fierce purpose glittering at her . watching her misery was n't as entertaining as i thought it might be . 