`` i have no idea , '' the girl answered . `` i do n't know if- '' a knock on the door interrupted her . she gave me that half smile that always melted my heart . the words were a bare growl as he watched her settle back on her side of the seat . this would follow me for the rest of my life . sally at the manor knows them , said the dad was out of his head when it happened . '' from this stem branch three dark leaves . 