Funny Shades of Grey--chapter twenty
Chapter Twenty " Ugh! " Christian ughs. " Ugh! " But it's no use. Christian threatened that he was going to lift me over his shoulder like the naughty little girl I am and carry me helplessly inside his Love Parlor/Bait Shop, yet gravity keeps me firmly attached to the ground. "Crockett!" he calls out and from out of nowhere his Man Friday appears. "Pick up Miss Steele and take her into the Bait Shop," he orders him. So much for helplessly. "Boss," Crockett complains, "can't you have me lift something easier, like Mt. Rushmore?" Christian ignores him and is already walking away. With a huff and a puff and a grunt and a groan, Crockett lifts me off my feet and over his shoulder. Step by step and inch by inch, he carries me inside. I look inside and am disappointed by what I see. Fish guts everywhere. And the smell . It stinks like high tide, if high tide was low tide. The strong stink ...