`` let 's all stay and find baxter . solid enough for dalton to ignore all those warning signs , and simply trust his gut . `` because , '' she said , `` i 'm one of them . '' my mother just had a thing for river phoenix , and he died right before i was born . '' my phone had yet to ring , a wonderful silence , and i offered prayers to gods i didnt believe in for the silence to last through the night . he looked dashing , far too dashing for someone like her . 