I started to stand up, as I did I wobbled a little almost bumping face first into his groin area "whoa there" he said putting his hand against my shou...der. "I thought maybe I could help you with that nut" I said as I got to my feet. I saw the light go on, "I bet you did" he sarcastically replied. I picked up a package of 1/4" nuts, handed them to him "here you go,I always say, if you need help with a nut I'm your man" I said and walked away. I saw him again as I checked out, he was at the. ’ ‘I’m here if you need me’ ‘Need to put the kids first’ ‘True but remember I’m here anytime anywhere x’ ‘Thanks. Will know more tonight. Bye for now x’ ‘I love you Sandie xx’ I couldn’t bring myself to tell Paul that I loved him too but the pain I felt in not doing so told me I was in love with him and badly too. * I tried hard to concentrate on my work all day, which did help distract me, but when we were all home that evening the tension in the air was palpable. Eventually the kids finished. "Where do you think you're going?" Aunt Stephanie said rummaging through the cardboard box. Bertie stopped his retreat and nodded in acceptance, games would be over when his wife said they were. Aunt Stephanie had now put back on her heel and in her black funeral dress she indeed suited her dominatrix manner."Hold her in that position," She ordered Candice still slumped over the back of the chair. "We still have a good hour or so before my soirée."And with that aunt Stephanie produced a black. Then there would be a round of negotiations and attempts to get them to end the practice. Years could be spend straightening this out.“What are they doing?” he asked.“I don’t know. I’d guess they are doing whatever needs to be done.”The problem was that they didn’t look or act like slave labor. Usually, refugees who were being used as slave labor looked a lot worse than these folks. Actually, they looked better than most of the refugees he’d ever seen. There were even smiles on their faces.