`` i want privacy , '' he said , his voice slightly muffled . he glared at me but shut up . i have watched how your son behaves , how your wife behaves . i pulled back and rocked into her again , hard , demanding . i can be there in fifteen minutes . '' he only looked old , after all , and old age was hardly remarkable . no one else existed to me . she toweled her hair dry and walked down the hall to grandma 's room . she handed me the tickets for my station . 