i 'm a journalist and even i ca n't get anything out of him . i decided to cross the fried-frog theory right off . there was n't really anything i could say ; no point in asking if she was all right . perhaps he forgot to bring it . '' she swallowed back her tears , turning away so that he would n't see a trace of them on her face . i wonder what a life with ellis would be like ? not a decent thought in my head . '' 