`` could you blend this with two stamps ? '' the man watched them as they followed the path into the trees , his hands on his hips . `` her gambling father who 's run the whole family into the ground . math class is definitely not the time to shut off the brain . i mean , really , what do i know about being a mother ? '' i hope you let him in on the secret . `` but i do n't want this version of free for you . '' 