she looked back at the young man . those few times , i would see a peace within him that faded as he recognized me . let me talk to my brother . '' have i not already carried this body too long if it makes such a fool of me at the end ? vera rolls over onto her side . why else would you allow me to stay after what i did to you ? she gladly kicked off her heels and spun around . `` you 're okay with staying at elaine 's ? 