i would wait , wait , and wait for a couple of minutes , to a number of hours and then to a couple of days , for him to call back . and that could be enough to shake him off forever . let 's say they end school six months early , then send us off . her back arches as she yawns , her black and red hair a tangled mess running down her back . inside , the dining room had been laid ready for a feast . bill was a logger and was gone a lot of the time . 