and as long as his mother believed he was with jack , he did n't have to worry about making excuses . he do n't take to people real easily . why else do you think we chose to locate our lab there ? '' `` come on , think , '' he said evenly . actually , the pie did look really good , but i totally could n't tell him that . he was obviously distracted by other thoughts as he put his leather jacket on . he runs his fingers over my hair , soft as a waterfall . 