chapter thirteen kelly sat quietly with thoughts that raced in her head like disturbed ants , but she said nothing . the lines across the road tightened into trip ropes and the extra lines broke the refuse dams that he stopped up earlier . `` october fourth , not great , but really the best she could do . with a last ditch effort at survival , she set her shoulders and tried her hardest . i jerked around , very much on the alert . it was just too easy to be evil . `` are you done being dramatic now ? 