`` it 's my help i 'm offering to you-for a price , of course . '' she stripped the beds and remade them , disinfected the service rooms and vacuumed . he awoke as if coming out of an arm-swinging , adrenaline-rushing nightmare . `` i promise , '' she said , and she meant it . `` never seen him before in my life . '' you said he was your brother . '' she actually had to think about it before answering . i dont care for the cold either . probably to see if he was watching . 