enough , xavier said and pulled a toothpick out of his pocket and stuck it in his mouth . it does n't matter how awful he was , he was still your father . maybe the only person they had in the world had been torn from them . but how could it be here ? now she was hoping that with a few bottles of wine in her editor , she 'd be able to get an extension . it was n't what we were to each other , i reminded myself . 