if you want air , without anyone seeing you take it , you go under the damn dock to get it . how was she going to get him out of her house ? she was telling me that she was running for her life . yes , i said , feeling no need to keep it a secret any longer . the words were rushed , cut off ; a man was drowning . `` are all you circus freaks happy ? she picked up a shiny black box . she finished putting on her coat and buttoned it up to her neck . 