and this seemed to bode a deeper truth : that the story of her life , revised in light of new evidence , seemed to be that she had ran away from her parents and friends , and couldnt give a damn ; that ( as they now knew ) she had seen the town she had left crying out for news of her , and couldnt give a damn ; that the man she ran away with had endangered lives as his stock in trade , and she sat down to watch her flatscreen television with him and couldnt give a damn ; and now she seemed to have cut him loose also ... and seemed again not to be giving a damn .