all the while , fire flowed through my veins . no one notices as the rings slip off of the sinking pillow and settle at the bottom of the old fountain amongst hundreds of pennies and dimes . `` you 're encouraging me to leave ? '' his heart was beating fast as he came up from the back of the building and crept slowly between the two buildings hoping not to be seen . i laugh and set the phone down on the counter , then stand up . 