`` show me what you got , '' he says at one point . `` someone 's got to stay with the ship and you 're the one . she laughed again then cut it short when she saw my face . you 're not from this city . he seemed to be looking past her to a distant place . chapter one `` at work my mommy wears teeny-tiny , sparkly clothes . '' she wrapped her arms around herself a little bit tighter and stared out the window . jess stood and rounded the table . 