that comment sent all kinds of interesting ideas floating about her head . `` i could go ashore with you , '' she said . he played with my hair and leaned back against the shelf . the cliff filled with an open sky is behind you . then i had another very bad , very good idea . your differences with your family are not my concern . `` so it is possible then , '' cassie said . `` where was she all summer again ? '' `` you think she meant less to me than to you ? 