`` take off your shirt , '' he says . in the end they had warned her to keep her mouth shut and left her to bleed on the couch , hurt but alive . jims grief let him do little else but search for his sons killer . i focused on her , ignoring the pounding behind my eyes . theyre going to take care of your leg . he tried to think of something proper to say-something proper to think-but suddenly , all of his religious knowledge seemed hollow . 