`` my dad just stole my flash drive and is keeping a secret hidden from me at a park full of bronze bulls , '' i said without a formal greeting . but i want you to promise to be a good gentle beau with the kittens , he grins . then the tears came and she sniffed . technically we could n't hold him without charging him with something , but there were ways around that . `` we both know you could have . '' `` you 're almost as tall as me now . '' 