There wasn't a lot left of them. That's where I got this metal bar," he told me holding it up."Can you have Mistress O'Connell remove this thing?' he ...sked next, as he tapped the shell with a knuckle."She left some time ago to meet with people in the capital. I don't know when she'll be back, but she left the shell up in case the Army tried something else,"I told him."Can I come inside then?" he asked with a smile."No, I can't do that, the Mistress wouldn't approve of that," I told him."She. .so you want your brother to setup everything so you don’t have to do anything? Yep...lol I will be doing all the breakdown because he likes to people watch after a couple beers. Maria tells Marco to say goodbye to Mark and I am going to walk him down. Marco came over and gave me a hug and thank you for taking me to the beach. No problem buddy anytime...he said can we go next week...I laughed let me see how my work week goes. So Maria & I headed toward the open elevator as Maria come to me as. ’ She was still clinging to him, in truth, he wasn’t even sure she heard. She was a bit heavier than he had expected, but still not overly difficult for him to pull to her feet. He shuddered as he noticed the state of her clothes. Her blouse was torn at the bottom, her skirt wrinkled and ripped at the seam. Her knees barely supported her as he half-carried, half-dragged her to the couch. He settled there, letting her collapse into his lap, holding her close as he lifted his cell phone and. .“Erm, yeah” I replied, feebly. Why was I talking like this? “I was looking for the milk?”“I bet you were!” I wasn’t expecting as a reply... “It’s over in the fridges, at the other end of the store!” he answered in the cockiest way possible. Now I just looked stupid. I walked off back the way I came, without even thanking him. I bet he was laughing to himself all the time...I just felt I needed to get out of there as quickly as possible before I found myself getting pointlessly embarrassed in.