each time i started to feel sorry for being the way we were , i thought about all of the lies upon lies that she made us believe . `` to have all this power beneath me ? '' i sank in the bath up to my waist and closed my eyes in satisfaction . i was ready for anything , except her little bedroom games . `` surely they 're not that bad . '' nothing now why do you give up so easily ? is there any other way we can communicate ? i got him by the collar and started pulling . 