1 | When I realized this, one night as I drifted unhappily to sleep, it jerked me straight up in my bed! | |
2 | Then she was violently yanked backward off her feet. | |
3 | Now she turned abruptly and snorted. ''This is a hell,'' she said sharply, speaking with passion for the first time. ''You think I want to do this? | |
4 | I leaped up, jumped on my bike, hightailed it home, and refused to go outside again for the rest of the day. | |
5 | Only someone with bad news would be on the other end. I bolted upright and grabbed the receiver. |