she pauses , takes another bite , then turns to me . `` go back to bed , jenna , '' their mother says . he wanted them to have fun . her voice picks back up , and i keep my ear pressed firmly to her chest while i lay my palm flat against her stomach . `` you can talk to her , bret . '' though it would scare the hell out of her , cassie found that she wanted nothing more than exactly that to happen . usually bombers end up with missing digits . 