`` so , '' she said with a laugh , `` there are n't many eligible men left for me . '' i step over it with my left leg as i return my left hand to the wall . `` and what happened when the fireworks started ? '' for a second , she lay there watching . the mass of young divided , some limping after separate elk , some broken to a crawl and some destroyed . none of it slowed him down as he kept his pace going until the back of my legs hit the edge of my bed . 