Ashley is staring at me, probably waiting for me to explain myself, but I look away without saying anything more. ‘Daddy said you used to be a manag...r in an office, and that you had a big house in the suburbs somewhere,’ Ashley says. ‘He’s told you a lot about me, I guess,’ I say, feeling a little gloomy now. I don’t really feel comfortable with Edwin telling his daughter things that I thought I was telling him in confidence. ‘Not everything,’ she says. I figure she’s implying all the stuff. I was shore down when I saw what wuz left of the smithy. It was a heap of junk an' burned ashes. Well, at least, iron don't burn in that kind of a fire, so I should be able ta recover all my tools an' raw materials. But I wuz gonna have ta build a new workplace from scratch. I thought 'bout it fer a bit an' consulted with Cindy an' Ezra. We decided that we had the room on our lot, so we would rebuild the smithy in our back yard. That way, we would have a better chance of protectin' it ifen the. ”“Why bother?” My mother laughed “There’s more than enough room here and I am sure Mark wouldn’t object, would you Mark?” My mom’s hand wrapped itself around my cock, giving it a squeeze.“Well if you are sure…” Ellen hesitated “But you must let me pay something toward rent and things?”“Agreed.” My mom replied “We can sort all that out later. What I suggest we do is go over to your place, pick up all your things, come back here and we can start paying off our debts to Mark!”“You’re on!” Ellen. "Drop dead!" she snapped without looking back and disappeared into the house."Fucking brat!" I hissed, and launched myself into another lap.++++++++++Half an hour later, I surged from the pool and grabbed my towel off one of the empty sunloungers. I was in a black mood now, and had been unable to shake it despite the vigorous exercise. Dabbing at the water running off my body, I went up to my bedroom to dress.As I got level with the bathroom door, I could hear the two girls talking. Kim seemed.