every few moments , one of them would try to look up into the sky , but then they would squint and shield their eyes as if it were too bright to look at . there was still so much unfinished and unknown , but the things that had happened so far made me hopeful , even with a full year and a half having passed with no word of the others missing from our happy family . he figured he had the advantage though , considering he 'd run a background check on her . she sniffed at the brown paper and scowled . 