kelly would know when the time was right , and he hoped she would feel what he was feeling as he lay in bed . forgive me for not dressing more modestly . '' there were about a million other things i 'd rather be doing than talking at all . he could have drowned or he could have made it to the other side of the river . blue lifted her head to look at her brother . weve got an hour or so . she grinned back at me as we headed out to the landing . 