when they were done they played multiple games of horse at the basketball hoop that was mounted over the garage door . the devil himself seldom makes a personal appearance . `` i 'd see him out on the sidewalk sometimes , watching the house . he had parked about fifty yards or so from the bus station entrance . but i know she is in there . she lifted a thin silver ring from the top of his shaved head and tossed it aside . a man she barely knew and had only met a few days ago . 