i took the hanger from him and walked over to the bed . on the other hand if we stayed here we could close the outer door and only have to worry about ghosts and skeletons . he landed in the center of the tiny landing zone , under heavy machine-gun fire from the jungle . how much could one of those inviting little cans of soda cost ? even after all this time , she could see that he was trying to think of a way to argue , to tell her something that she would have to accept . 