he stuck his arm out , straight through the shimmer that would be invisible to his eyes . he pulled away from her and worked to stand , holding out his hand which she gratefully accepted , unaware of the dread in his eyes . the ring bounced on the floor a few times and then stopped . 'god , she does my head in . where the hell is everyone else ? i could not have seen her come to harm . that way , you wo n't always wonder if we did the right thing by breaking things off . 