`` we had an argument , '' he admitted . caught , i put my glass on the counter . when aunt mary released me , he said , `` you 're staying . '' they were stopped at a red light , a block south of the restaurant . and this would be a special birthday , because grant would be here . `` i wanted you to know that i had enough control not to send him out the window , where i could use the sea to drown him . there was no way i could get out of this . 