i hesitate , my good hand hovering over his chest . they belong to no one , dad speaks . both girls were dressed in slinky black dresses and their hair was done up . the hive leader is over by a table with his back to me and i can see in the shredded rags he 's wearing the vague outline of what was once his cleaning uniform . then i watched him rip it in half . i leaned my head down and whispered next to her ear , `` do n't worry . 