I’ve done it before. I may not look like I can do much more than work in a hardware store or watch a bunch of cows eating grass. But I can. I can do...a lot more, and he knows it.’ ‘What do you mean?’ When Howard did not answer her, Gail stood, and stepped away from him. For the moment, he let her go. She took another step back when she saw the look on his face. Howard did nothing. Instead he just stood and looked at her, so she asked again, ‘What do you mean, Howard?’ ‘Gail, I am not a gnat, but. It is a hard thing to come to terms with when you realize your whole life is a lie. It feels terrible to be surrounded by enemies. What I couldn’t understand is why. I was a loyal and trusting person. Is that a crime? I didn’t know what to do but I had to make some quick decisions. I took Sandman’s advice to heart and knew I had to make everyone think I knew nothing but at the same time sort this out. Physically and tactically I wasn’t in Sandman’s class so the only way to hurt him was to undo. ”The Gingerbread man looked down into what had been caramel waves, but was now a rolling sea of blue and green sugar strands.“And yonder, see? There are the Islands of Marvellous Sweets! We are headed for the first, and largest, past the Crunchy Crumb Rocks, to Honeycomb Harbour. The Fairy Gingermother’s house is just up the road from there, Honeypuff Palace.”The Gingerbread Man was so excited that his candy buttons popped off again. Gathering them up, he danced a little dance Puddingtonians. But these maudlin reflections were stomped on by my testosterone-fueled size twelves that speculated about what kind of erotic and depraved scenes I’d find when I finally reached the eye of the storm. Marveling that after thirteen years of peaceful and satisfying marriage Lisa and I found ourselves in this position.The cab approached from the same direction as on Friday night, so I got myself dropped at the same location, again requesting the same waiting period of ten minutes and handing.