and now the cops had nothing . `` you were in shock , '' he told her . phones are now around his neck . there were only the ivory elephants ... and the clock . it was as if she were an innocent bystander , to this fever growing in my head . she started working on cleaning the office . oliver raised one over his head in a pose that made her think of a scorpion 's stinger , and circled to the right . living could be such a difficult proposition . 