your maker , whoever he or she is , broke that law and at least a dozen others . twenty as the pair of them were left alone together , manny could n't get enough of looking at his patient . `` no , you 're not , '' said rory . also , the weight of what had occurred still laid so heavily inside me , to a point that i could feel it firmly rooted between my heart and my stomach ; in fact , it was there in the room , firmly rooted between james and me . 