`` this past year has opened my eyes to so many things i missed as a child . you will have to do your floundering without me . '' but it was the perfect time for me . '' she did n't know how long they 'd been waiting . marcus shook his head and turned , leaving us . she was down the street the night of the break-in . the walls stood bare except for smudges of dirt and a framed picture that had probably been clipped from a magazine . 