then i 'd feed her and hold her for another hour before slipping her back into her crib and sneaking back to the guest room . i let go of him and he fell back to the floor hard . he threw us a pair of handcuffs . she fell to her knees and screamed again . their wrinkled faces crease into smiles of welcome , and whatever they 're saying to us sounds friendly . how do you work that out ? ' `` i told him you were injured and could n't play . 