`` the truth is ... '' dale reached out , turning my face up to him . she shook her head while staring out the window . my mother is dead and my girl is ... '' i ca n't say it . `` you mean before you turned on the prince of hell . '' she paused , looking up at him . he stops chewing and stares at me for a long minute , then swallows hard , like the food in his mouth is suddenly dry and tosses the rest of our lunch in the garbage . 