so she spoke to him as she would have spoken to herself . `` my brother and his wife share the safe house . '' his whisper as he moved back to his own bed carried to me in the darkness . `` not as good as i was last night , unfortunately . '' paris , who had n't wanted her to suffer . it was like looking in a mirror that reflected the past . one has to wonder what would cause kids only ten or eleven to run away from home . why have you guys been so quiet ? 