you should have let me finish what we started . i 'm sure uncle chap will have a new wife soon , and you can see how long it takes to get in her pants . '' `` i never expected all of this either , '' i say quietly , laying my hand against my stomach . wanted to stop whatever it was that seemed to live in her heart . smith leaped out of his car , running hard . what other reason could there be ? ' and you wo n't tell me , even now ? '' 