`` is there anything i can do to help ? '' `` give us a few more minutes , '' i say , and he disappears with a nod . maybe it touched me ; maybe that 's what i felt . rob set a new glass of scotch on the bar and nick nodded thanks . some days the thought of amelia is all that keeps me from going insane . `` you going to leave here without the kids ? '' and everyone in town would know about it tomorrow . he straightened up , wiping his mouth . 