but i 'd already determined this to be me own duty , as papa . `` doll , you 're going to get me out of your system as much as i 'm going to get you out of mine . the sense her life was about to change settled over her . which meant she was n't anyone special to him , just another stray wandering into his life . he hung up and plucked the wire from his ear , stuffing it into his jacket pocket and following the man a few dozen yards away . 