" Do your worst, Wilhelm von Teuffel," Raven spat. "But you will get nothing from me."His hand slapped her cheek, hard. She felt then tasted the blow ...s her lip split slightly and the blood trickled into her mouth. Zat is not the vay to begin this interview, my pretty. Struggle all you like. Bruno vas a good boy scout. He sure knows his knots, hehe."Raven struggled a little more for show, but had already decided that she wasn't getting out of the ropes without help.Von Teuffel set his pipe on. Since there was no power on in the foreclosed house, I left to sit in a waffle house. The Waffle had coffee and lots of free electrons in the air. It took a little longer to charge fully since I was burning some energy just sitting up. That didn't count the energy used to drink and process coffee. The point was I sat there two hours, then move across town to an early morning cafe for more coffee and more energy. I could have plugged directly into the wall for a charge, but that would look a. Especially as I'd just realized that I was going running right after school. I would HAVE to raid the fridge(s) when I dropped the girls off, because I'd be SERIOUSLY hungry by then, but I wouldn't be able to eat nearly as much as I wanted. Running 26 miles on a full stomach wouldn't be a good idea.Chloe asked, "You didn't eat any lunch? Not even my pizza?" I'm sorry, sweetie, but I lost my appetite after hurting you. I'm fantastically impressed by what you did though. I'm just sorry I couldn't. She even mentioned her father's cutting remark about grudges, the way she felt when Camden came to the apartment, and what she and Jacob discussed earlier. Through it all Zoe listened without comment, only asking a few clarifying questions that actually helped Molly put things into perspective."You still love her, too," Zoe said. "Just like you told Jacob." She's my best friend and my first lover. I'll always love her." Molly sat her empty bottle down on the coffee table and turned in Zoe's.