neither of us was cheating on anyone . `` they look pretty thin , sir , '' smith observed . and i guess in the end , we really were since he treated me the way the rest of my family had . with him gone , my next couple of years would be smooth sailing , or so i thought . he would have to be delicate approaching that subject as well . yelled ralph , trying to sound friendly . she did n't have to tell him ; he probably understood it better than they did . 