the huge house was suddenly very still and overwhelming , the only sound the pounding rain against the roof . i have an appointment in fifteen minutes . there will be people who feel like you owe them every secret in your mind . he pushed up his glasses and scratched the back of his neck . it was a line , but she could n't help falling for it , because right now she needed to hear it and believe in it . her sentence was to die there . it was as if he knew my body before he touched it . 