she asked , and my breath escaped me in a relieved sound . i thought that maybe she could sense me hovering by the door like some annoying little twerp who could n't take no for an answer . but my father refused , saying i was n't man enough to provide for a wife . the door creaked when he closed it . `` but how could he know about everything else we did ? '' they 're rangers to the bone . '' everything looked to be normal , but something was definitely different ; she could feel that deep inside . 