in those simple words lay everything that stood between them . only for the poisonous bits ; i try to avoid such places . but now he had another urgent reason to return to his home . you went out with me while you were with him . i moved around the bushes and pressed my ear against the window to hear the conversation of the man in the pajamas . look at me , he said softly . `` sorry , '' she whispered , her face bright red . `` this is n't you , '' my father told me . 