and you , my dear demise , are going to help me . '' it unties and flutters to the carpet ; she drops it as she runs ahead , laughing . i was never terribly close to my parents , i admitted with some hesitation . he swallowed hard and tried to suppress his nerves . i felt their gaze and my own face heating up . you can see your friends tomorrow . `` now locked away securely in a federal pen . she would n't give him the whole truth . it would hurt his mother too much . 