"Listen to me. This is my mother's house. Inherited from an uncle so it's forgotten about. I thought you could live here, with Ruby, with Pearl, if that's what you want."

"Ruby? You don't even like- No, give me back my shoe ..."

"Just because I can doesn't mean I will." He tossed it to the floor. To her horror he yanked up his shirt. "She just takes a bit of getting used to, that's all. Anyway you do this, so I can court you and then we get ...