when her cousin spoke again , he kept his voice low and soothing . `` we got a pretty good description from her boss . ' '' do n't argue with the short person . '' ill be back before dark , she yelled back . the elevator went up , up , up , and still i did not speak . you know i would never be late on purpose . dont beat yourself up about it . faith bent closer and tess whispered something in her ear . then remove her , we cant have a scene . 