Once he has selected everything he needs, including nails, rope, chain, timber and paint, we head towards the exit. He tells me to stand here with the... stuff while he asks to speak with the manager. The manager comes out and its an old buddy of his. They start talking in low tones, but I can just make it out. “Hello Tim, what can I do for you,” says the manager. “I would like these supplies Liam, but I was wondering if I could do a trade for them,” my dad says. “oh yeah, what could you trade for. . . . . Oh fuck it, pardon the language, but I have no choice. The decision has been taken out of my hands, you see, Emma wants a divorce, and it would be most uncomfortable for you to stay in this company after that happens.’ ‘Why was I not aware of this little bit of news?’ ‘I wasn’t until yesterday. Ewan, I wish that I had the cojones to stand up to the women in my family, but being the coward that I am, I just can’t. She who must be obeyed, that’s my wife, has a controlling interest in this. “Good morning to you too.”7:15 AM“Say ‘Hi, Daddy’,” Kim encouraged little BJ while pointing at me when I arrived downstairs. The two of them sat on the floor of our living room playing with a pair of battery-powered cubes with half of a different animal on each of the six sides.BJ looked up at me, grinned his four-tooth grin, and drooled a little as he muttered, “Da-da.”I reached down and tousled his hair. “That’s my boy.”BJ smiled at my touch and returned his attention to the cubes. After only. By the time I got my breath back, Marilyn was taking bows. Her head was back in place as she walked naked between the tables toying with the customers and saying coyly, “Now wasn’t that worth scanning in a few more units?” She would then take their hand and pass their ID chip over the scanner. It took all my self-control not to empty my account as she held my hand. I gave her two more units, but one of the guys who hadn’t had any training against mind-blasters was left broke by the time she.