'and they do n't want a ... a skeleton at the feast ! the answer is that there never was `` nothing '' . this was it : she could say no , even now . the number rang on the other end , once , twice , three times . or , we can sell them in the black market . this could all go very badly , and very quickly , because we were intentionally walking into a trap . it was an older scent , one that had been around for a long time , but it was my favorite . 