`` one piece , '' i answered quickly , waiting for a blonde girl in the third row to lift up her head . he wont hear me all the way from heaven . she settled into my side and gradually grew quiet . now she was pulling up the sleeve of her sweater to bare her wrist . i thought she 'd known how i 'd felt about riley . `` and ... that maybe you talk about him all the time ? he did n't want her in this with him . 