That plane was busy an average of twice a week delivering cargo for one of our deals. It even had a communications suite that supported secure voice a...d data communications.I chuckled inwardly thinking about the times between deliveries when we received requests to borrow the Gulfstream. While not for emergencies, the Navy, and even the Army, asked politely if the Gulfstream were available for them to use. Since they never called when we had a delivery planned, I was pretty sure they ran the. He clattered into Mommy'sroom and I could hear his drunken chatter and Mommy asking him to shush,don't wake Amy. And then their bed was banging against the wall for afew minutes. And then there was quiet and I was asleep again.The next morning Mommy seemed kind of quiet and distracted. She bustledaround the kitchen while Daddy had breakfast and read his paper. Then hewent out. Mommy swept around doing housework all day and told me to stayout of her way, so I sat in my room. It was a Saturday,. I kept running escape fantasies through my head, but I was obviously no match for Chip and had no idea where to run even if I did manage a lightning spring away from his grasp. And if I hadn't been able to convert Chip before by the power of sweet reason, I was pretty sure a few whispered insights now weren't going to do the trick. So while I was pretty sure I wasn't going to like where we were going, I didn't really see a way to extricate myself from the party.We walked for the better part of. ..an old picture from when they were dating ages ago. Her husband looked so much younger and in shape back then. He even had hair. Those were the good times before he let himself go and age caught up to him.Meanwhile, she aged gracefully. She couldn't pass for a 21 year old anymore, but people still mistaken her for someone 5 years younger than she actually was. Most people chalked it up to her youthful Asian features, but she also worked hard to keep up her appearance. Frequent visits to the.