`` frankly , mum , i dont really care what you think . `` so ... you know what she 's up to ? '' and if she is involved-then i need to know that . '' `` what about this urge to create business ? '' the house felt empty without him . i could n't take joy in breathing their air , or feel the electricity of physical connection . he released his grasp and i slid down the wall to the floor , pulling the curtain with me so that it was straining on the curtain rod . 