she wailed , and sobbed for a while before i could get her to finish her sentence . `` are n't you concerned for her health ? '' `` it 's good not to be the only girl in the fight for once , '' i said . and it had been yet another thing that stood as a wall between us-though most of the secrets keeping us apart had been mine . taking a right turn , we started down a gravel road . i was completely lost at this point . 