shes too fine a woman for that , marcus said , his face slightly flushed . `` so , since the event is here , i expect you all to attend . `` sometimes i think my dad forgets i even live there with him . `` we were n't really listening , '' she repeats . just to be burnt off like dew in the morning sun ? jake reflected that he was considering how to shoot real human beings , something which he had never considered himself capable of doing . 