`` i think it 's safer to go forward than backward , '' he answered . he grinned at the weary security guard as he got off the elevator on the sixth floor . `` i guess i should take this off too . '' your brother attacked the other boy . that was supposed to be the bright side ? she gave him a grin of her own . `` i never lied to you- '' `` you did n't trust me . she left her mother to open the door . `` everything 's so damned small , '' he grumbled . 