`` lily , '' he said when he could tell the worst had passed . all of them under his protection . it 's why she 's here , to help my sister . '' mike did not want to go back to sleep . i thank god for this opportunity , for once more am being able to give to the church as a show of appreciation . he could hardly ask about our parents : my mother had died the previous year , in jail , of aids . he has the gall to laugh . 