she stood up and seemed very tall beside my bed . she was looking up and down the street for any movement . he immediately noticed several sets of footprints in the thick layer of dust on the wood floors . `` hold tight , '' he says quietly , taking my hands and placing them on his stomach . i stretch , then climb out of bed . these two pills will start the process . `` so make this easy for both of us , and give her to me . `` nothing so unpleasant as you seem to be thinking . 