`` your dad will get there , huh ? '' their day off together had been the best of the last six weeks , but they 'd said things to each other , things they could n't take back-some things he did n't want to take back . she blinked rapidly as if trying to send them back where they belonged . your father would n't be able to get to me if he tried . she squeezed her eyes shut , resting her head on her fathers chest . at least it is my own . 