clay looked up at me , his eyes boring straight into mine with a love that would never burn out . `` you realize that cooper and i are just friends right ? how else could they get their own needs met ? `` up there , '' he pushed at her back . did i say how much i loved my wife ? i was sure there would be plenty , but on more than one occasion while i was growing up , my father and my sister had seen to it that i was cheated out of my share . 