with you in such a public place as a hospital , there was nothing they could do to keep word from spreading . `` i 'm sure i should ask more questions before i agree to anything , but i 'm gon na throw caution to the wind and say yes right away . thats all , and i didnt even know she was going to be there . slowly , andreas laid the poker down on the hearth . there was n't anything more , and the one good thing that was mine was n't mine after all . '' 