after half an hour , kim sat up straight and looked around , as if surprised to find herself in a service station car park . they got to play maybe five minutes a night , just long enough that they could work their way onto the score sheet with a fight . he had been asking the wrong question all along , he thought . i stood there shaking and watching my poor mother out of the corner of my eye . the owner of the voice , who was hidden , said : `` are you going to fall over ? '' 