‘That’s the ex-wife?’ Aurora asked. ‘Indeed,’ was Darcy’s reply. He got up, intending to lead Paris out of the bar, but to his surprise, A...rora raised her hand. ‘Allow me,’ she said politely, and got to her feet. In a gesture of chivalry, she stepped between Paris and Nick. ‘Who the fuck are you?’ Paris demanded. ‘Rochester, call Miss Waldorf a cab, please,’ she said calmly. ‘No! I’m not going anywhere!’ Paris insisted as Rochester opened his phone. ‘Oh yes you are,’ Aurora corrected. ‘As you. The doctors later said the hand and wrist where broke as if she had pulled it free of its bindings. After the cleaning they hoist her up by her feet, legs spread. And then played a little game with her, called “what’s in your pussy, bitch” they took turns shoving things in side her and she had to guess what, a beer bottle, a Ball-peen Hammer, a wire brush, a brick, a dead mouse (that was the hardest to guess), and then some fire-works, after a time they must have gotten bored because they. The smaller one had his pistols and my Heckler & Koch. The garage safe held his rifles and two shotguns, one sawed-off. Ordnance disposition was another subject I’ll decide on later. As was what to do with his shiny black Audi.As part of my new travel-philosophy, I was using Uber and Lyft and an occasional hailed-taxi instead of a rental car. It was a relief not to continually be navigating unknown neighborhoods. Although DC was becoming more familiar to me.I paid a courtesy call on Constance. “Aight then dawg—I'll just leave you alone”I go down a few tables to join Caleb, just as mom comes out with some ice tea, and the meatloaf. “Wow—smells great” offers Caleb. Mom never even asked who he was—nor Dustin. A toddler starts crying, and I just glance over Caleb's head to see a young mother having a hard time with him. We scarf down the food in just a few minutes, and Caleb asked could he have a milkshake—said it had been years. I order up three chocolate shakes, and tell mom to take.