`` i was wrong to go use the phone when you were waiting to talk to me . `` well , i 'm not quite ready to leave the island . * the boy sometimes tried to tell stories to himself to pass the time , but he did n't know what they should say . he wiped a tear from my cheek , smiling , pressing his lips together and tilting his head to the side . we would n't be seeing him again for a while . that is what im trying to do . 