he pointed to a column in the middle of the right half of the page . `` jack wants me to stand with him during the race . `` maybe they just need more time . '' she 'd been so close to making a clean break of it . i really was starting to like him and had even told rick that i wanted to stop seeing him . the sun was showing itself by the time they saw the shore of a land some miles out . one boy was about to step off when the ride slammed to a stop . 