or had been waiting , invisible , all along . her mouth was wide , the lips full , her dark eyes clear and intense . all i wanted to do was go home , get into a hot bubble bath , and pretend that this day never happened . *** we dropped off jerry first , and then grant drove away after leaving us at our front door late into the evening . how nice of you to visit . `` give me the bat , '' she says . one of the scale burbled through the wet plaster . 