you 'd better start talking quick , ivy , 'cause i 'm not going to play hide-and-seek with a dead guy in my trunk . the stadium had lasted less than ten years . i stared at her and shook my head . `` what about clothes and blood and stuff ? toby stopped to look at it . he had to correct that assumption . `` the cover appears to be the same , but the pages are blank , '' he growled . 