`` so , '' he said , as if he was n't sure where to start . `` pam , i know you believe you owe eric , even though he killed you - honey , he killed you - but i do n't owe eric a thing . '' the question that is most important , though , is whether you believe it . he had a heavy new york accent . i 'd been at my computer writing for about fifteen minutes when griffin returned to the house . he did n't tell me what was really going on up here . 