`` neither you nor i can be anywhere near her , '' i said . it would be a mistake not to use us . ' he lifted the wire for me . instead this time , i opted to leave a message . `` and yet you told me last night you did n't know the name of the dead woman . '' not when he suddenly seemed to be a shell of the man she 'd thought he was . chase 's mother was kind , small , dark-haired , with the same intense brown eyes as chase . 