would you like to sit on my lap ? smiling , i went on to the rest of the class . `` what made you do that , anyway ? gingerly stepping over them , they relaxed for the briefest second , before discovering , under the white light of the torch , that the entire bridge was infested with hundreds of those tiny scorpions . `` i should have said that right away . jack had explained everything to his father in the hour they 'd shared lunch . he sat on the edge of the bed and took her hand . 