“You couldn’t’ have done that earlier?!” the kid demanded, still wincing from the noise.“I wanted to,” Hector said. “Your friend told me...to stay out of it.”“Yeah, that makes sense,” the boy muttered. “When he tells you not to do something, just do it anyway. That’s what I do.”“That didn’t work out so well for me,” Hector said as he reloaded.“I guess you’re not cute enough,” the boy smirked.Hector coughed and eyed the boy as he left the room. His loathing of Caine doubled as another layer of. That’s just me, though.”“Make sense.”After a brief wait, I said, “Okay, switch it on.”The alternate reality of the red room flicked to life, and Muireann let out an appreciative “Ooh...”“Makes things a little easier.”“Aye. But why didn’t you use it last night for the film?”“Because the red light would ruin it. It doesn’t affect the print paper, though.”She hummed. “Interesting. What’s next?”“Test strip!”I talked Muireann through the printing process, without any hurry. She was meticulous and. This desire became all the more pronounced soon after I got married though of course, I dared not discuss it with my wife openly. However, I expressed it in other, more subtle ways like encouraging her to wear sleeveless shirts made of thin fabric that showed her figure well, daringly low necklines and trouser-like pajamas that ended just above the ankle with a slit on the sides so that as she would sit down, one leg over the other, it would show her legs almost up to the knee. This was as far. She was wondering if this was the time to approach him. Looking into her eyes, I smiled and took her right hand off my left shoulder and placed it on the side of my jacket so she could feel the holster and its content.“Mick! Is that a gun?” Wini said, almost too loud.“It is. My lawyer advised that I be prepared to protect myself. I want you to know that if Tom Godwin tries to force a dance with you, I will deal with him harshly. It also goes for the various other men’s wives if they attempt to.