"I hadn't told Fred, because I knew he'd convince me not to," he said, looking at her as if expecting her to do the same, even now that it was too late. "But I was so tired of it. I was worried about him and knew we had to get out, because there was one couple who kept paying for us and they were getting crueler and rougher and I knew it was only a matter of time until they either seriously injured or killed us, and Bellatrix was taunting us, saying they'd offered to outright buy us from her, and she was tired of having us around, so she was going to do it."