his thick black hair dripped as he ran her pink towel over it . or at least a hell of a lot closer to it than most folks . '' he pulled me back against him chest . `` he just leaves dead bodies on the floor . '' i did n't understand what the point of that was . i opened the side door and practically ran up the metal steps into the loft . trip had sat beside me with that same watchful look , and my brain had felt like it did now , like nothing made sense . 