`` your brother is alive , but he is n't here . something from somewhere else inside her . a shy laugh slipped from her lips . `` i get where you 're coming from , yes . '' `` either help with the house building thing or get a second job or ask for more hours to help pay bills . '' in front of the seats was a clear glass wall . we were alone in the kitchen , chase having moved into the dining room . she was sure of it the moment she opened her eyes on the next rising . 