my mind started racing there for a moment , and i could not come to a decision . `` what were you guys fighting about , anyway ? '' he asked when her sister answered . `` it was her turn to pick us up . '' zed helped him over to the nearest sofa , where the old man collapsed in a heap . im not afraid of a few clothes and papers lying around . when i rolled up to the house , it would be dark . and she had stripped that from me . chucks of concrete fell around her . 