the two men looked like they had been trying to speak to us and i had n't even noticed . `` but if they had n't laid their lives on the line , '' i whisper . `` god , i love you , '' i pant into his ear . something hit him on the shoulder and he nearly screamed . we pause and look down for a few seconds . `` always is when you start lying . my father called for us in the fall of 1967 . she really liked this new side of malik . 