The Red Nights

46- You better shoot your shot

"I think here it will be OK," Jamal told Carla.

They were at the right wing of the house, in a quite small court, limited by one wall of the house and two others from the concrete structure which was surrounding the entire house. There was a wooden square table and four chairs around it beside a small, but still beautiful, kitchen garden. Jamal supposed that it was maybe the place Glenn liked to spend his time when he wanted to relax or just be alone with his partner.

It was a quiet place, a little bit farther from the main court and almost inaccessible to curious eyes. To be able to see or only hear something one must walk the path and enter the small court.

He turned around to face Carla. "You can have a seat," he told her while waving his hand toward the nearest wooden chair.

She inspected her surroundings and gazed at him then at the chair before she decided to sit on it.

He, too, walked to go for the seat just before her, he stared at her for a moment while she was still bowing h