anna raised her eyebrows as though she had just stumbled upon some pleasant discovery . the voices echoed against the inside of her skull and she thought : i 'm going insane . i pictured a head-on collision at fifty-five ... i 'm not exactly sure why i found it so urgent for us to marry so soon . jeff started to laugh and seemed to be having trouble stopping . he gasped and looked away from me . it was porcelain ; its skin was pale and beautiful . 