or i suppose it might have been my mother . '' well , nine months after they bought the house , low and behold , a miracle happened . i can get you something to eat . '' the good news is she only got to second base . '' her hand is on my chest , the fingers curled slightly . `` you 're right , i think he wants to . my heart fluttered both at his words and in the way he delivered them . he scrambled against the wall and struggled again to rise and tumble past . 