the secretary sat back down in an exasperated fashion and huffed at him ; she blotted at the second-hand raindrops deliberately so as to make him wait . its i waved my free hand in the air , trying to find the right words . `` but like you just told me , i 'm sure there wo n't be a problem . '' her cousin looked as innocent as she could possibly be . a word that worked its way out of my throat and danced onto and out of my lips before i could think about it , or stop it . 