Donald of Mars Chapter 71 Uncomfortable Decision

A story on building a new colony on Mars and what it will take to live there

Turning back from walking up the stairs to get his dinner from Miray, Donald frowned at the sealant covered parts of the floor. It was fully one third of his basement and hadn’t got all the leaks out here, much less in the waste room.

Handing Donald his fish and vegetables, Miray said, keeping her voice low enough it didn’t carry to the two men down stair, “If you want both men back tomorrow, I can get them for half of their normal rates.”

“Oh,” he asked keeping his own voice low, already suspecting what she would say.

“Faruk changed gyms because my brother asked him to. My brother got tired of him trying to get in my pants all the time. He was crude, and didn’t like taking no for an answer. He let me know he’s open to giving you a discount rate to get your plumbing done fast. Faruk said the other guy was too. He said, both had done that before. They won’t work for free but can cut their rates in half if I am willing to make it worth their while. If you want, I can do that.”

Donald looked her over. She had showered and changed after her show and wore her short yellow dress, and he suspected, no underwear. She never did with that dress.

“How would you feel about doing that?”

“I wouldn’t have brought it up if I was going to say no.”

“That isn’t what I asked. This is not like doing a party or porn.”