when i asked him why , he told me there was a box of letters hidden in one of the closets . '' the necklace might do the trick . '' i want you to take your own path . he loved how he could make her lose control , how he could make her come apart in his arms like this . she also did not understand , or want to acknowledge the sharp pain of hurt that stabbed through her . count on my mother to make me feel like i was five instead of twenty nine . 