Shirley answered, “I’m at home and am taking a shower. Would you like to join me, Legate? I’ll keep the door unlocked for you.”

“Where’s your mother?” Adrian asked, ignoring Shirley’s question.

“Don’t worry. Mother isn’t home. I’m all by myself here,” said Shirley.

Adrian was rendered speechless. “I’m asking you where she is, not checking to see if you’re home alone.”

Adrian ruined Shirley’s wonderful fantasy.

Shirley answered with an “ah” and said, “Mother’s at the construction site—the sa