’ He said. ‘Yeah, I’m in the garage.’ The response through the speaker was garbled and distorted — then the gates slowly retracted. Ian drov...e his car up and parked it next to a partly restored Mustang that had been sitting in the drive. Ian got out of the BMW and approached the garage, pausing to see how the project was developing. The car now had a new interior it seemed, which was an improvement on the burned out shell that had been present less than a month ago. Mark’s garage had caused some. It looked like this time she had been really close, one or two more hits and she would have won. She straightened her skirt while turning to me, put her hands behind my neck and gave me kiss before looking at me with those big, blue eyes. "Can I have another try?" Don't you think that's enough for now? You're going to waste all our money on this one game."It's always hard for me to deny my girlfriend's wishes, but I didn't want to spend too much money on a single attraction. The carnival was. I just didn't feel comfortable beingthere. Fred was digging deep into his collection and spinning actualvinyl. He seemed to be having a grand old time chatting with hisfriends. I decided I'd better tell somebody before heading out and figured thatFred would probably be my safest bet. Aunt Vivian would find some way tomake me stay as would Sam or Darla. I made sure Fred understood I wasleaving. For a moment I wasn't sure I had his attention. And then, thenhe begged me to stay. He said he. ..but now, I was a little scared of him. There was something about his size and strength that made me feel so weak and powerless. The longer I stood in his presence, the less angry I felt with him." 'Please'? That doesn't sound very demanding. Are you sure that's what you want?" He took a couple huge steps forward. I felt the room slightly tremble as his massive feet slammed against the ground with every step. He stood directly in front of me and looked down at me, almost like he was a grown.