someone had fallen into that pit-probably the sweet old man who owned this place-and she sure as hell could n't run away and leave him there to suffer , no matter how strong the urge to flee was . he knew what he was doing to me . it is a very terrible place now . holly felt like giving a hysterical laugh . he pressed a calming kiss to her temple . a good-for-nothing boy who would n't know how to button his own coat if his mother did n't show him how every morning . 