no , not in the sense that she was n't my friend , but she was stolen from me . he prepared to jump off the stool , and suddenly a new voice spoke up inside his head . sometimes people just knew things in small towns . i promise not to go into the ocean , answered his daughter in a sing-song voice , today . he jus now come up , tree . he stretched his arm to her and she touched him . we both knew that something we did n't want was going to happen . 