have you been looking at my phone again ? '' now , i know it s not fair i know it s not her fault . we used to fly through the hours , talking without pausing . i pulled the ten million from the air because it has a nice ring to it . even though i knew it was probably wishful thinking , i needed to go to the cottage and check it out . im not likely to do it again . my father had quickly changed tack , hoping now that the stranger would take pity on him . 