from one to the next , skipping over the vast fabric , he followed them . he had hoped she would be here , had hoped that the promising trail he had followed from the airport was n't a dead end and when he did find her , it took everything in him not to snatch her into his arms just to make sure she was f**king real . hill did not put his foot down on much , but he did this time . she could n't find the words to reassure him though , she did n't know how to . 