Then she put her head on my shoulder and sobbed. She pulled back and I saw that she was crying real tears. I had really hurt her, not with the brush b...ut with my words.She said, “I know this is kind of silly.”“No, it isn't silly. We seem to really get off on messing with each other’s heads. I think you admitted last time that you enjoyed it in some way.”We pondered that for a moment and then I looked at the bags of food. “That smells pretty good,” I said.“So what do you want first, the food or. "You'll have to let the girls out of the bolt-hole soon!" whispered Cleo, snuggling up to my starboard side."Yeah," agreed Marsha, as she rubbed her hip softly along my port quarter. "It must be getting pretty high in there." It will be difficult," I replied. "The skipper, Popeye, has taken over the master's suite. He's drinking heavily so we may be able to get them out and hidden while he is unconscious. But we must be careful."It was a pious hope and overlooked the fact that, with a couple of. She quickly walked away from me towards our horses readying to tie them up.“Reina, if Andreas ever tries anything on you again, I’ll protect you for sure.” I called after her.“Yeah.” was all Reina said as she turned towards me, flashing a light smile. Immediately she turned back around, starting on her duties.I went to work on unsaddling the horses and setting up the tents. I talked big in front of Reina, but I wasn’t sure I could back it up. After all, there's no way I can take Andreas on in a. ’ I drove back to the shop with the windows open. After a long shower, I went downstairs to unpack my treasures. There was the usual cheap costume jewelry, bundles of old letters, unused packs of shoelaces and thumbtacks, and a few pieces of nice cutlery. Eventually, I got to the box with the light bulbs. One of the bulbs worked. I tested it in a desk lamp I bought somewhere. Nice and bright. No one wanted to buy the lamp anyway, so I put it on my desk and started examining the rest of the.