until today , i thought you had , too . `` do n't pretend like nothing happened , grace ! '' you will pull her apart before we can even take off . `` i finally get to do something creative . `` no ... yes , '' i whisper my reply , `` i do n't remember . but it was something stranger than that . my chin , my lips , my cheeks even . she wanted to be out of his life . somewhere down the hallway , a phone rang . 