i really want to get that dug out if it 's there . cooper blinked hard to keep the tears stinging his own eyes from falling . `` are you complaining that he 's alive now ! i gasp in surprise , and he takes the opportunity to slip his tongue between my lips . `` well , i have a surprise for you , '' i say . why could n't they just stay here ? she asked , eyeing a never-read paper in the back seat . her face glowed with the pleasure of his surprise . 