Yeah, he did. He abused me.” An awkward silence filled the car for a few long moments.“What, he hit you? What did he do?” Emily demanded in disb...lief.“...No. He didn’t physically hurt me. He didn’t have the guts,” Chloe declared proudly. “Deep down men are all cowards. They always talk big and then lose their head when a woman challenges the status quo.”“So, he’s abusive, but he never hurt you?” Emily asked incredulously. “But, he’s a coward, for not abusing you? How can—”“Real abuse isn’t. We’ll be back as soon as the roads clear.” “All right see you then.” “See you then.” I hung up the phone and looked at Alex. “What’s wrong?” She asked as her eyes started to tear up and her lower lip trembled. I put my arm around her and squeezed her shoulder and said, “That was Allan. They are stuck at a rest stop. They’re ok but the roads are too bad for them to drive back here. They are going to stay there until the roads clear some. So it looks like it is just me and you tonight.” “I was. ...", Marc griffsich st?hnend mit der Hand an die Stirn."Ich muss nachher noch zum Fitness-Center, ich fahre mit dem Taxi undversuche den Wagen zu finden und bring ihn dann mit. Und jetzt holen wirden Schnaps!"Kurze Zeit sp?ter liefen ?ber 20 Flaschen wertvoller Weinbrand, Kognakund Champagner in den Ausguss. Auch zwei Bierk?sten fanden keine Gnade.Seine restlichen Zigaretten im Jackett und die zwei Stangen Restvorratendeten im M?lleimer, sicherheitshalber ?bergossen mit sauer. We’re doing a lot of role playing.”“What’s an example?” Darby asked.Kyle shook his head sadly, “Being confronted with a threatening but unarmed black man. We’ve gone through that scenario repeatedly, what with all the media attention in this area. We don’t want to be the next Ferguson, Baltimore, Cleveland, or Madison. There’s a lot of talk around the force about doing away with our deadly bullets, and changing to some other armament that temporarily incapacitates. We’d use a Taser, but that.