fortunately for them , i had returned at long last . he asked , face shadowed in the dusk and the fire behind him . i did not say it loudly , but i did n't have to . she felt it , yes , just the way she 'd wanted it , but more than that she saw it in her mind . `` but you pulled it out from under a cabinet anyway because at the time , it was all you had left of me . he should have exposed seth 's secret . 