`` get in your car and go . '' i needed to know , even if it turned out to be something bad . he would n't leave and start over . '' since the designs came from your clothes , i figure you should get a cut of the commission on whatever sells . '' `` you 're worried about losing all that money , are n't you ? sure enough , i could see its red leather cover . that word twisted the knots in her stomach tighter . i thought for a moment it had gone dead . 