because i know that if people tell me stories , they will expect them to be remembered . `` there 's no turning me away , not now . when i saw the way he looked at her , it made me hope that someday , when this was all over , they would be able to move on . there are things here that are n't human . another beating might be our last . the calls were from all over the united states . she had to hope for that . at some point the fire whistle quit . 