It could get amusing. On occasion, one of the fine and upstanding young cadets would try to reason with a suspect, or be exceptionally polite, or othe...wise try to talk the suspect into something. While you weren’t supposed to violate any rights, and we were constantly getting lectured on that, ultimately, we needed to be able to exert our authority and coerce somebody who didn’t want to be coerced. Saying ‘Please, pretty please’ was not going to cut it. ‘Knock it off!’, was much more useful,. One of the women sitting at the card table on the edge of the driveway got up and came over. She was probably around 45, still rather attractive with a carefully coiffed perm in her dyed blond hair.As I was lifting the hanger of one of the garments off the rack, she said, "Are you looking for anything specific, sir? The men's clothes are back there in the rear of the garage." No, ma'am," I said. "I think I found what I'm looking for. I've been trying to find a bridal gown." It is nearly. He took a step back. ‘You can stop treating me like I’m twelve. If you want to blame somebody for how I acted last night, blame me or Jerry. I’m the one that told Jerry to leave me alone. He’s the one that didn’t listen. I wasn’t ‘pure’ when Dan met me, so he couldn’t have corrupted me. So, don’t put this on him. He’s been nothing but good.’ ‘Joanne…’ Her father tried to say something she didn’t particularly care to hear at the moment. ‘You know, you’re right, Dad. I did treat Jerry pretty bad. Glenn threw the clothes at her "Thanks bitch" and he stormed out, down the stairs the front door slamming behind him. She heard his car start and the squeal of tyres as he drove off.+++++++++++She sat at the kitchen table, staring at the tickets and brochures. It had been 12 days since she had last seen Glenn. He had his phone switched off and none of his friends knew where he was. She had called his office to be told he was out of town working, they would not tell her where.She had decided not.