you 're wise to connect with her . '' `` and now you are here to tell me this story . '' `` nothing is going to happen overnight is it ? '' this is who jeff is supposed to be with . he nodded , though he still looked worried . `` here , '' i said , terribly uncomfortable at her blank stare . `` it was all over in a split second . '' could she have already been abandoned , surely not while going at the rate of knots she was moving at . 