`` no , he does n't suspect a thing , '' i teased , folding a scrap piece of paper in my lap . hes got education : he went to grammar school . we are your servants to command . '' looking over her shoulder at me , she wiggled her eyebrows . the howl of the wind echoed the wail of pain in her heart . she did n't look like she was kidding . `` days earlier you were caught in a drive-by . for the first time his face seemed to relax beneath the terrible bands of silver . 