“No way. It’s just too risky!”
“Oh please, please, I love you so much!”
“No, no, and no. I love you too, but I just can’t!”
“Oh, yes you can. Please?”
“No, no. I just can’t”
“I’m begging you.”
Out of the blue, the light on the stairs goes on, and the girl’s older sister shows up in her pyjamas, hair dishevelled, and in a sleepy voice, she says:
“Dad says to go ahead and take him upstairs if you want, or I can do it, or if need be, mum says she can come down herself and do it, but for God’s sake, tell him to take his hand off the intercom!”