I didn’t know you were here,” he cried out, as his face turned to red. “I’m so sorry Paul. I didn’t mean… I just… I…” not knowing wh...t to say, I made no effort to finish a coherent sentence. “How long were you there?” he asked. “I didn’t mean to… I was just…” He trailed off like I had, all the while the video still going on behind his back, him trying to block the screen with his body. “Can I… Um,” I started. Then stopped. Then started again. “Can I see?” “Oh, Maddie,” he responded,. I want the construction office to close at five or possibly earlier. Most construction crews begin at seven and the person I'm looking for has to be onsite by six forty-five. I want someone who is willing to work a nine hour day and the person we hire will be paid well. We'll shorten the hours a little and hire a second person if we find that we are exceeding what one person can do, but that additional person we hire has to be as tough as the first. Under the new Labor Department regs, we'll. Why hadn't she said anything?She knew but how long had she known? Had she just found out tonight orhad she known for a long time?What was I going to say to her? Was our relationship over? I turnedoff the lights, walked over to the stairs and slid off my heels. Iwalked as quietly as I could in my stockinged feet, conscious that I wasthe man of the house now. The man who walked on every creakingfloorboard rather than the fairy or nymph I wanted to be who floated ordrifted up to the bedroom. “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” she said.I said “Why!!! You’ll like it too”She replied “I’ve heard from a friend that it pains like hell when you do it for the first time.”I said “Not if you do it properly and slowly”She said “I don’t want to get pregnant!!”“You won’t get pregnant…” I said.She: “How can you be so sure, have you done it before with someone?”I : “No, darling you are my first, and will be my last too. I have read a lot about it. You won’t feel much pain and will.