the owners come up and fish the creek in late summer . turning , he led her across the hall and upstairs . `` you have to quit checking out like that . yet she had done everything in her power to stay with him . he 'd had five siblings , with two sisters and one brother still living . protect her through the surgery and carry her through the recovery . i raced home and danced around my bedroom . she would telephone him at his office and say , `` i do n't care how you get the money . 