best not have her around at this stage of the operation . she is n't though , no matter the coat and the changing . '' surfer-dude waved slowly , as you might in front of someone in a trance . the father turned around , two deep horizontal lines in the center of his forehead . she knew the truth now : shed won another chance . i turn around , and now i can talk . should she have just waited for him in the lobby at work ? `` i 'm going to stop this mad circus . 