on the stairs , she skipped the step that would squeak for sure . i had seen what was at stake . `` yes , '' she agreed , turning her head into the soft sweep of his knuckles . i do have two years of catholic school behind me . i 'm not going any further with it . '' the air whistled in and out of his dry throat like hot glass . `` then why risk that by coming in after me ? '' then we throw you in a hole so deep everyone forgets you ever existed . 