`` nope , all clean , '' she said , adding , `` you know , diaper duty will be part of the deal . he looked up at me with the face of a tiger , but the concern in his eyes was very jeff christopher . there was a truck tire on the front lawn . by the time she pulled her phone out , it had stopped ringing . my dad then backed me on everything . im still your friend , you know that , right ? by the beginning of august , he was talking almost normally . 