meanwhile , you are taking the matter further with others ... ..good . '' only this time , he knows it 's coming . `` my dad will kill me if her father is mad at me . '' one of them , a girl no more than five years old , just collapsed against me crying . a rare day off from wine troubles im sure something will surface sooner or later , she laughed . i could n't believe he was striking her . `` well , i should hope so , '' said mary jane . 