unfortunately i think that the universe has a way of evening the playing field . `` it seems not even this blessed lab can escape murphy 's third law . '' if i did i wouldnt have been wasting time washing dishes . i push off him and get out of bed . since my mother died , i have lived here alone , protecting the syllable she believed was so important . what sort of secrets was she protecting for her friend ? but that was okay ; she could love him from afar . 