it was n't my best work , and it came out sounding a lot more bitter than i meant . chuck pressed the emergency release buttons in the window , and it fell backwards . i nodded and did what he asked . that 's not a good way to start a sentence . '' he did n't always know what to say to her or what to do with her . the kids , three girls ages sixteen , thirteen and ten , would be staying with her sister this week and bill was dropping them off now . 