`` i 'm letting you walk in ahead , not alone . the last thing i wanted to do was get him into trouble . we went over this in the car , he says , sounding a smidge less patient . i looked at the floor , trying to hide my face . my team finished second-go bears . it had been a rough landing , but the vehicle was still intact . normal things a guy like him had no right to . mrs. read turned her wide eyes on mary . 