but someone had given him information about my activities , someone who had n't been close enough to know exactly why i was there . he crumpled the paper into a ball and flicked it away . stars above , i need to see this man . i knew her driving to work was a bad idea . my wife had no time to collect our family photographs . every gaze swung in her direction , and she tossed a knife . the voice was almost like water moving over stones or water falling from pale hands . 