she had spilled everything she knew , even when all she had wanted to do was curl up into a ball and hide under the bed for the next ten years . i 'd never failed before , and i was n't about to do so this time . '' `` do you want to end the marriage ? '' now be a good girl and come out of there . `` i know that you want to believe her . someone comes by and yells at us . ivory shrugged her shoulders and tossed back her hair , her eyes steady . 