he waved at a group of people standing by what looked like a guard shack before pulling onto the road . he asked , looking up at me and frowning . he 's just lost you your job . tyler met my eyes , and in that split second , i knew that it was all on me-and even though i had no conscious thought about how to get us the hell out of this mess , i was still in motion . the ice was n't really that bad . his leaving was a huge blow to my father . 