`` besides , you can figure this out on your own if you stare at that tennis ball long enough . a quick look at sally told jack he 'd missed his introduction . she looked mesmerized by the movement of his hand and the tiny pearl drop of liquid smearing across the broad , flat head . you know shes trying not to scream from the pain . the one he wanted to come home to every night and grow old with . be at the closet in the morning . she turned to the fisherman , exasperated . 