and i only stayed because she said she 'd be back in thirty minutes . '' and how could she find such a sensation enjoyable ? i hear shots , and then i 'm on the ground . what would you wear if i was n't teaching ? inanimate objects have their own peculiar form of memory . my mother 's name is ruth so this was just a tricky way of throwing that in . even worse , the suspicion that victor had killed her father no longer seemed as far-fetched as it had only moments ago . 