i had like ten different people e-mail it to me in one day . and if she did n't get back to the compound fast , too many people were going to get hurt . `` i think it would have made a statement . '' but i managed to get most of the blood out . he went up the crumbling steps and pressed his thumb against the doorbell . that is what you were going to order , was n't it ? '' at first i thought she was screwing with me , but she meant it . 