I was there in less than five minutes with a heart-thumping as if I'd just run a marathon. Alexis was at the door with mascara running down her cheeks... She said nothing, turned, and sat on the living room sofa. I followed. The silence was deafening. "He dumped me," were her first words. I kept my mouth shut.Finally, I asked, "Who?" Ronnie Singleton. He's dating that slut Gloria. Why not me? I did everything that Gloria does." What do you mean, 'what Gloria does'?" We did it; you know we had. " A laconic voice replied. Both Butler and Dankovaflinched."Testing the new wireless technology for radios, guys, remember?" Thevoice continued gently. "Both you and the command pilot were wired forit."Butler thought the curse, rather than saying it. "How's the damagedown there, control?" Lucky for you two the entire thing was on a loop like they use forcall in shows on radio. But our Russian friend down here is stilllaughing hysterically." There was a moment of silence. "We've toldeveryone. Anything else you can tell me?”“Not that I can think of.”“You can go. A detective may call you to follow up.”I nodded and left the room. I said ‘good night’ to Cecilia and Peggy who were standing in the hallway, then went back to my room and crawled into bed to get about an hour-and-a-half’s worth of sleep before I had to be up for breakfast with Liz and her friends.When my alarm rang at 6:15am, I got out of bed, did my morning prayers, showered, then dressed for the day. I was downstairs at. Er schaltete den Warnblinker an bevor er ausstieg und den Erste Hilfe Koffer unter dem Sitz hervor zog. Die Taschenlampe die daneben lag liess er liegen, da er wusste das die Batterien seit Monaten leer waren.Er lief hinüber zu dem zerknautschten Wagen und schaute auf die kaputte Seitenscheibe. Das feine Netz der gesprungenen Glasscheibe verwehrte ihm den Blick ins innere. Bernhard legte den Verbandskasten auf das Autodach und versuchte die Fahrertür zu öffnen. Er sagte sich das ein kurzer.