”“Did your dad ever hit you with a belt?”“Once when I was fifteen and came home two hours late, drunk as hell,” Jerome said. “He had that ...ame damn look.”“If you were so damn drunk how would you remember what look he had?”“He threw me in the cold shower so I was stone-cold sober when he used the belt on my ass,” he told her. “Take my word for it, okay? I know the look.”Leah gave an unladylike snort and said, “Drop me off at the next corner and I will call Marcus to come to get me. You can tell. Ok, vielleicht war es nicht ganz so einfach, aber wer kann das schonsagen. Soweit zur?ck in die Zeit zu blicken, ist noch niemandem gelungen.Doch vielleicht w?rde das auch nichts bringen.Meine Theorie ist, dass das Universum in einem stetigen Zyklus entstehtund wieder vergeht, entsteht und wieder vergeht. Immer so weiter ... bis inalle Ewigkeit.Doch jedes neue Universum unterscheidet sich vom anderen - zumindest ineiner Kleinigkeit. Wenn man sich die Gesamtheit dieser unendlich vielenUniversen. And the armholes were large enough to offer enticing glimpses of the sides of her breasts nearly to the nipples. This was not the Donna I had known. But she commanded my attention, all right. Even as sexy as Allison looked, even with all I felt about her, how could I possibly take my eyes away from the show that Donna and her body were putting on? And she knew I was looking. She caught my eye and flashed me an impish grin, full of the life and energy that made her so appealing. But Allison. I’d rather avoid that given our history.”Kelly shrugged and jotted a quick note to herself. “Okay. I’ve got a call with her this evening. I’ll let her know. Anything else?”“Yeah, when is your next vacation?”“We just had a long weekend at the beginning of the month.”“But you haven’t had a full week off since spring break, right?”She nodded.“You’re taking the second two weeks of October off. I’m giving Matthew the same instructions. That gives you two weeks to make plans.”“Paul!”“Don’t ‘Paul’ me..