Megamind had called some brainbots to help him with the hoverbike, and they headed toward it, in the working area (near the idea wall); while Minion and Roxanne were going toward the elevator to start the tour.

Before they entered there to go down, they listened loud music playing, which startled the brunette reporter. "Oh! That was unexpected! What is that noise?" she asked, raising her voice.

Minion smiled. "That's only Sir listening to his "working music". He works more swiftly and happily listening rock band's music."

She nodded. "Ah yeah...I know that he likes that type of music. I can see that he likes to play that music VERY loud!" she commented with a smirk.

The fish smirked as well. "When he's working he puts on ear plugs to ease the noise of the power tools. That's why the music is so loud. But he also likes to listen to that music THAT loud," he explained.

She nodded, understanding. "Ok, let's go before we become deaf," she said, laughing.

They headed off to the elevator, going downstairs, until they reached the "cellar". Roxanne was surprised by the smallness of that Lair's level, compared with the main level and the apartment.

They walked through the corridor, and Roxanne noticed the other doors. "What's there in those other rooms? Just curious...if you don't want to tell me, it's fine," she asked at the henchfish, a little unsure.

Minion smiled softly to the woman by his side. "Oh...no problem...In those rooms resides my laboratory. If you want to see it, just ask," he finished proudly.

She nodded, beaming. "Yes! Once I could see the HEALING ROOM, I want to see it, please...and thank you."

Once they reached the Healing Room, woman and ichthyoid entered in it. Roxanne noticed there were some medical machines, like the EEG and ECG.

"What are these for?" she asked to Minion.

"We had to buy them in case the healing mixture couldn't work properly, to check his status. Like the other day: I controlled Sir with the EEG, and with it I discovered he was in coma," Minion explained, a concerned expression on his face, as he remembered that day.

She understood his worries, and placed a hand over his furry shoulder to give him her support. "Hey, don't worry, now it's all ok. I just hope similar circumstances won't happen again. Anyway. Now we know how to handle those type of situations," she told him, smiling tenderly.

Minion made a delighted expression. "Thank you Miss Ritchi, I'm happy that you became his girlfriend. I...knew that he liked you for a long time and...well...I must confess you something. I don't know if Sir has already told you, but we had a fight over you, when he was dating you as Bernard." He commented quietly, worry etched on his features, as he looked down.

The surprise took over her face. "Mmmh, no...he didn't tell me this. A fight? If you want to explain..." she said with a demanding tone.

Minion closed his eyes, and after a while he reopened them with a serious expression.

"We had that argument before your date with him and I was worried about him, because I believed that the whole thing was plainly wrong. I mean...not dating you - I knew that he was attracted to you for ages - but the fact that was lying to you, in order to be with you...THAT was wrong on many levels. I knew that he couldn't keep the charade for too long...what worried me was your reaction, if you could discover how he had been lying about his identity all the whole time...I knew you would be very angry with him and he would suffer because of that; so I tried to dissuade him from going to that date, and because of it we had that disagreement. He...he told me that he didn't need me and I left him. I was heartbroken, but later I felt relieved to find that he thought about his mistakes, and he admitted that I was right, and I felt so happy...heh...I hope that now you won't hate him for that. He really needs you. I think that your relationship with him is the most beautiful thing that has happened in his entire life...," he finished shyly, watching her with a hopeful expression.

Roxanne had listened the whole speech with a concerned face, but at the end she was smiling reassuringly toward the fish.

"Well, you were right...I was angry at him. I'll tell you the truth: I was...confused. Because I liked him as Bernard, and when I discovered that he wasn't Bernard, but Megamind, I felt angry because I thought that was another one of his evil tricks; not realizing that his villainy was only a facade to hide the sweet and nice person he is. When he using his Bernard disguise, he showed me his real self and his feelings for me...when I realized it, I wanted to kick myself for being such so cruel with him. As I already said to him, he's the right man for me, and now I'm happy." She finished with a sweet smile.

Minion smiled, relieved to hear that. "Oh...Miss Ritchi, I'm very happy to hear that! You already know that he had an arduous life. I'm sure that he's very happy to have you now, and he's proud to be the defender of Metro City too. I knew that he had the potential to become what he is now, but as his protector, I had to follow his orders, even when I knew that his plans were going to backfire. But now I'm happy that he became – we became – the good guys!" he added proudly.

Roxanne smiled broadly. "Yeah. I knew that he wasn't evil to the core, maybe a little bad, but not evil. Every time he kidnapped me, he never put me, or other citizens, in danger. It was only a big show between him and Wayne. And after a while I get used to his grandiosity and I enjoyed the "fights"." she finished, laughing.

He closed his eyes and nodded. "Yes. For him and Wayne it was only a game. I think he was shocked when the death ray worked. Luckily now we know that it didn't work. I don't think that Sir would be happy to know that he killed someone. Even Metro Man."

"Yeah...I saw that he was shocked in that moment, but in that occasion I thought he was for the happiness, for finally succeeding in something. But at the end I realized that he was shocked because he wasn't prepared for his 'death'. Like you said...Wayne's still alive and I'm happy for that. And I hope that he will keep his promise to confess that he's still alive! Or I will be VERY ANGRY!" she said with a choleric tone, furrowing.

Minion was slightly appalled by her sudden wrath. "Wow...Miss Ritchi...you seriously scare me! I didn't think you were the 'looking-for-revenge' type! As you said before, I'm happy to know you while you're here," he finished, smiling.

Roxanne laughed. "I've said that to Eiyuu too, you have no idea how much it's stressful my work. And I feel rather good to be a little evil...," she said with a sly smile.

Minion nodded, laughing briefly. With this, they went toward the bathtub. She was fascinated by it.

"Oooh...so this is the famous healing bathtub. It's really a clever invention. I wonder why he never thought to be good. I mean...he invented a useful thing like this, and it works! Why didn't he thought to build machines and stuff like this for humans? This is boggling my mind...I really don't know why he chose to be a villain, when he could help the humanity with his inventions. I know that he invented many technological things that we use on a regular basis, like SD card or other things like that, he told me once...I really don't know what to think of that." Confusion could be appreciated in her face when she finished.

Minion sighed. "Well...I think that he wanted to become the bad guy because he had that grudge against Metro Man; but I think that you already know that fact. Plus you have to remember all those years of rejection. People judged him by his appearance, and they didn't understand that he only wanted to be accepted. I hope now, as a hero, he could be accepted by Metro City's citizens. I know that not all the citizens will accept him. Nonetheless, I hope that he could be happy."

Roxanne agreed. "Yes, I know that he became a villain due to Wayne's behavior; when they was at school, and even before that. Ugh...spoiled little brat!" she blurted out, but regained immediately her composure. "Sorry...I'm still very angry with him, for his behavior toward Eiyuu...yet, it's useless crying over spilt milk," she said, making a halfway sad expression.

Minion smiled sympathetically, nodding. "I hope those things he said that day were true. I mean, he wants to become friend with my ward. Anyway...do you want to continue with the tour, Miss Ritchi?"

"Yes...I'm curious about your laboratory. Let's go!" she said before following him outside the room.

They went back to the corridor, and first they crossed the left door, entering in a big and long room with a door at the end. In the middle of the room there was a very big and long table, with some leather and spandex scraps over it. Around all the room there was several metallic shelves, with many rolls of fabric, leather and other cloth-related material like pincushions, tape measures, some metal weight, tailor's shears, etc.

Roxanne's eyes widened, fascinated. Gesturing the shelves, she couldn't hold in her excitement "Wow...how many types of fabric do you have here? This is...very impressive!"

Minion beamed. "Oh, thank you, Miss Ritchi. And this is only the room where I keep the fabrics, the leather and the special spandex and cut the pieces to make Sir's outfits. Come with me, I'll show you the rest."

They went out to the corridor again, just to go across the door in front of them. The room was the same width of the other, and there were three industrial sewing machines.

"These are industrial sewing machines. I use them to sew leather, normal fabric, spandex, the special type too," he explained to her, pointing to the three machines, beginning from left to right.

The machines were lined with the long wall, in front of the door. There were two metallic shelves on the door's wall, with some unfinished clothes and other tailoring things, like various type of scissors, tape measures, cans of fabric colors, etc.

She was impressed with this room too, and smiled to the henchfish.

"Interesting...mmmh...you are very talented," she mumbled in awe.

Minion smiled in return, and they made their way toward a door, placed on the left wall. The room awaiting for them made Roxanne's eyes go wide anew, as she let out a small gasp.

The entire room was Megamind's wardrobe of suits and capes. The area was so big as the previous room, and it was full of wheeled racks. The holders showed various suits and capes. Some of them were clearly ruined from battles with Metro Man, and others were very new, unused.

When she regained her breath, she practically squealed, "Wow! Did you keep them all? And there's some suit that he never wore...right? Why?" she asked curiously.

"Yes," he grinned sheepishly. "When they aren't too ruined he likes to keep them...for sentimental reasons. And I like to design new things for him sometimes, even if I know that he'll stick on his usual black and his blue logo. We have plenty of those here," he finished, pointing two racks full of black and blue suits along with his usual spiked collar capes.

She smiled mischievously. "I knew that he's predictable, even if he doesn't want to admit it."

Minion laughed noisily, making bubbles inside his dome. "Ahahah! Yes, a little. But please, don't tell him that I've said that. He would be angry," he pleaded with his kicked guppy eyes.

Roxanne laughed. "Don't worry, Minion, I won't!" she assured him with a wink.

The last room was awaiting for them. There was a power loom, which occupied three-quarter of the room, and three metal shelves with many rolls of yarn of many colors, most of them black.

"Here there is the loom I used to making the arras in Sir's bedroom. I use this loom to make the special fabric for the inner suit of my Sir. He developed the thread for these fabrics. Maybe you can ask him about it, if you're interested," Minion said proudly.

Roxanne nodded. "So...these rolls of fabric in the first room were all made by you. Mmmh...interesting. I want to ask you something, and I hope that it isn't a problem for you...," she looked up, voicing her request, "Would you be capable of making a dress or some clothes for me? I tend to wear a different dress every time I do a report, but it's difficult to find some good clothing shops in Metro City."

At that question, Minion beamed happily. "But of course, Miss Ritchi! It will be a pleasure! And to answer the other question, no, not all those fabrics were made by me. Some of them...well...to be honest...we stole them. I will remind this to the Boss..." he finished with a sad tone.

She nodded. "Yeah...better pay for those. But I think that it wouldn't be a problem." she said smiling.

The fish nodded, smiling in return. "Let's go up? I want to show you the Lair and some Sir's inventions."

They went in the elevator's direction, and Roxanne noticed a small door near them.

"Just curious...where does that door lead to?" she asked, stopping in her track, as she pointed to that door.

Minion stopped, too, and replied: "Ah...that door leads upstairs. There are stairs behind it. Do you want to go up through the stairs, Miss Ritchi?"

She nodded, and he opened the door before clicking a switch. The stairs soon were illuminated by some lightbulbs, placed on the landing of the stairs.

They climbed up, where she noticed three sets of stairs with two landings, before they reached the inclined door, which would lead them to the main level of the Lair.

In one of the landings a door could be seen. "And that door? What is it?" she asked curiously.

"That, Miss Ritchi, is a simple cupboard full of brooms, vacuum cleaners, and other things to clean. We like to keep the lair clean. Sir is...a bit squeamish about that. But please, don't tell him that I've said that!" he finished, some worry in his voice.

Roxanne laughed, very amused by this. "Ok, Minion, another secret to keep. I remind you that I'm Miss-Nosy-Reporter, so pay attention to what you want to say about our blue hero...," she finished mischievously, winking.

He chuckled briefly, and winking as well he retorted: "Ok, Miss Ritchi, I'll keep it in mind."

When she could recognize the opening beyond that door, Roxanne chuckled a little. The noble henchfish watched her with a perplexed expression. "Eh...why do you laugh?" he asked her.

She described him what happened there, when Megamind, disguised as Bernard, has fought against himself using that door to hide his true identity.

Minion laughed wholeheartedly. "Sir didn't reveal me gems like this! Maybe later I'll ask him his point of view of this little story," he said, still laughing.

"That reminds me something. A-ha! Here it is!" she exclaimed, going toward a door with an "EXIT" sign over it. She opened the door and peered inside, watching again the leaping alligators that were dancing and jumping at the disco music. Enough for her eyes. She closed the door, glancing back to Minion, all grumpy, hands set up on her hips. "What are you going to do with the alligators? I mean...as far as I know, heroes don't have alligators."

Minion was surprised: he didn't expect her knowledge about the alligators. "Ah...well...you're right, Miss Ritchi. I will talk to Sir. I think that it's better to donate them at the Metro Zoo..." he murmured with an unhappy tone.

She understood how fond he was of those reptilians, and placed a hand on his furry shoulder. "Hey, don't worry. I'm sure the zoo will treat them well. And you may visit them from time to time," she said, with a reassuring tone, smiling mildly.

Minion smiled with relief. "You're right! Let's go on with the tour! Now I'd want to show you some of Sir's inventions, and prototypes".

Roxanne stopped in her track. "Wait! I've changed my mind…! After seeing all those ruined capes I reminded that I have something to do with Wayne...now I want to throw him something! I want to rip him a new one! Did you want to accompany me to his house? Ah, maybe I should call him first!"

"First it's better go to speak to Sir, I think that he'll be amused to hear that." Minion agreed, grinning toothily, mirroring the smile of the reporter, and both of them headed toward the near noise.

Megamind was still working on the bike, with his back facing Roxanne, what gave her a funny idea.
She made a shush gesture to Minion and the brainbots that were helping his Daddy with the bike. Carefully, she tip-toed toward her blue beau with an evil grin on her face, her arms on the air.

Minion's eyes almost popped, when he knew what Roxanne was about to do, and a huge grin ran across his face. She was ready to surprise Megamind, when he straightened himself, turned around, pressed a button on a remote turning down the volume, took out the ear plugs and glanced at her with a sly smile.

"What were you going to do, Miss Ritchi? Perhaps scare me?"

She was still with her arms raised and mouth opened, but soon she dropped her arms, with a frown.

"Well…you caught me in the act! How do you do that? I mean…you couldn't see me and the music was very loud. And Minion told me that you used to wear ear plugs…so care to explain?" She finished, placing her hands on her curvy hips.

Megamind touched his nose, offering her a cunning smile. "It's quite simple, my dear: thanks to this brain of mine I have some of the senses acuter than an average human, and one of them is my sense of smell. I know very well your particular aroma and I knew that you were coming. Obviously, I didn't know that you wanted to scare me. I'm not a medium."

She rolled her eyes and smiled, amused by his response. "Ok…so you have an acute sense of smell…interesting. Another thing that I didn't know about you. Anyway… I was thinking to go at Wayne's place to throw him something, and Minion will drive me there. We just wanted to let you know. Is it ok for you?"

He nodded eagerly. "Yes, of course! But why? Did you change your mind? Didn't you want to go through my Lair?" he asked, curious.

She nodded in agreement. "Yes, at first, but when I saw all your broken suits and capes down in Minion's laboratory I felt so mad at him, that I wanted to give him a piece of my mind! I can't believe he ruined all those gorgeous clothes!" she finished angrily, frowning.

Megamind smiled sweetly, grateful, and embraced her. "Thank you, Roxanne. I never thought that you would say something like that. It means a lot for me, seriously!".

"Yeah… thinking of it I'm a little surprised too." She snuggled him back, laughing lightly. "I mean, some days ago I was praising him and hating you. But when I discovered how he faked his death, just because he was sick of the hero business, I felt SO angry with him! Plus I discovered you… I mean, the real you. And now I'm very happy…but you already know it." her last words were framed by a warm expression.

He closed his eyes and let out a sigh against her neck. "Thank you…you're really sweet. I think that I won't be tired of saying how much I love to hear these things. They mean a lot to me."

Roxanne smiled charmingly, cupping the jaw of her blue hero, and leaned forward to kiss him. They nibbled each other's lips lightly, with their eyes closed, and after a while they parted with soft smiles. "You're a really sweet person too, you know? It'll be interesting to be with you, sweetheart," she said to him, gazing lovingly into those emerald eyes.

He smiled and stood up valiantly. "Thanks, Roxanne. It's the same for me. I was thinking about Wayne…perhaps would you want something from my trash to throw at him? I have plenty scrap metal here, if you want..." , he murmured, winking playfully.

She laughed wholeheartedly, enjoying his wicked expression until her laughter died in giggles. "Ah, well…if you want! Yes, it will be a pleasure. I wanted to throw at him some of his expensive musical equipment, but I'm a generous woman, so I accept your material support!" she finished, with a feigned modesty.

Megamind released one of his evil laughs, obviously pleased with this side of his girlfriend. "Oh woman! You are really incredible! Why on Earth did you always reject to be my Evil Queen? You'd be perfect! But since now I'm the hero, so you will be my…Heroic Queen!" he turned a bit, and called his best friend. "Anyway…Minion! Could you come here to lend me a hand?" he asked to his fishy companion, who was going toward some metal boxes.

The mentioned henchfish smiled and made his way to the boxes, grabbing one of them. "But of course, Sir!"

While they started to take some small and smooth metal pieces from the bigger boxes, Roxanne made a phone call to Wayne. He agreed to their encounter, unable to imagine what awaited him. Once they filled up the little box, Minion took it and placed it into the invisible car; as Roxanne was placing a light kiss on her blue boyfriend's cheek.

"Thank you sweetie! I'll tell you how it has gone when I could come back here."

He smiled faintly in return, like a lovesick teenager "Yes, yes! Thank you my dear! I'll wait for your return."

With this, Minion and Roxanne went into the car, leaving behind the Lair while Megamind restarted the music and his work.

When the pair arrived to the schoolhouse, Minion was glad to help her, carrying the box full of metal pieces inside Wayne's hideout. For him, the fact that the reporter was going to do all he wanted to since...forever, was incredibly funny. But it was still her decision.

"Miss Ritchi, do you want me to leave?" Minion asked politely.

She shook her head. "If your presence isn't a problem for Wayne, I'd prefer to see you here, thanks," was her reply, as she gazed back to the ex-hero, looking for an answer.

"No, no, it isn't a problem for me," he commented, smiling charmingly. When he had seen their arrival with that box (thanks to his x-ray vision), he also had noticed the quiet anger in her face. But that wasn't enough to scare him, after all, he was indestructible. Nothing could hurt him, so being used like an anti-stress ball didn't bother him at all.

Roxanne rolled her eyes and watched him with a wicked grin. Oh, this was going to be fun. A lot.

"Prepared, Mister Perfect? I won't stop until I had wasted the last metal piece from my box!" she said, picking up a piece of rod with both hands.

He snickered, joining his fingertips. Any of her blows would feel like a feather on his skin. The experience would almost like a massage for him, but he was careful enough not to show his delight too much.

"Yeah…I'm prepared," he replied, "…and I deserve this. Only one thing: staying with Megamind has apparently revealed your dark side, Roxy."

Roxanne burst into laughing. "Well, well, well. In honor of the truth, I was already like this, but I never had the chance to show you this side of my person."

He gazed at her in disbelief and he braced himself in self-defense – even if he was invincible – seeing how her swinging her arms, throwing the metal piece. That one was followed by many others. She threw many, many pieces of metal at him, screaming very unpleasant words until her throat was dry, and after a while she stopped to regain her breath. The box was almost empty, and the rage of her face vanished suddenly, as she looks the piece of metal beam in her hand.

Minion watched her with a disconcerted expression ."Is something wrong, Miss Ritchi? Are you tired?" he asked her, with a preoccupied tone in his voice.

She nodded, a serious gaze in her eyes. "Yes. I'm tired, but not physically. I just realized all this is useless...what I really need are answers," she glanced to muscled alien before her. "Could you give me some answers, Wayne Scott?" she asked him, coldly.

He was a little baffled at first, but then he spoke, with the happy tone that used to enlighten his voice. "Of course, Roxy! Shoot those questions!" he finished, showing his trademark smile, as he invited her to take a seat with a gesture.

Roxanne groaned, sitting reluctantly. "First of all, don't call me Roxy! Do you know who else called me like that? HAL! Yeah, that bastard creeper!" once her sudden wrath attack lost its strength, she continued, "Anyway, here are my questions: First, why did you never tell to all Metro City about us, that we weren't a couple? I mean…that ruined my ENTIRE social life. If we exclude Megamind kidnapping me, no one wanted to date me because they were too afraid of you! I admit that was a boost in my early career, but I paid the consequences...," she muttered angrily.

Wayne shifted uncomfortably, scratching his ruffled hair and neck's back. By the look in her face he knew there were more question on the way. "Well… ahem… don't you have another better question to ask, right?" he said, with an awkward tone of voice.

At that statement , a puzzled expression took over her face. "Hey, why didn't you reply that question?" resolved to show her decision, she frowned. "Now I want an answer, and I'll remain here until you will give me one!" she said resolutely, crossing her arms.

He sighed in defeat. He could defeat all Megamind's evil plans back when he was still the city's hero, but his superpowers couldn't save him from Roxanne's hard look.

Could he admit the truth? Maybe he could. Just to Roxanne and Minion...yes, he could do it.

"Ok. Ok, ok, ok, I'll tell ya. Let's say that I never told them denied that detail for two reasons. One, because of your career. I was aware that you were famous thanks to that rumor, and I didn't want to disrupt your game. And two...," at this point, his voice lowered, as a fierce blush reddened his cheeks in embarrassment. "Well… I used that rumor in my own benefit to cover my real sexual choice. To quote a popular saying...let's say I used you as my beard."

Roxanne stared at him, digesting slowly that information. His real sexual choice? Then, he was...

"Your beard?! Did you mean that you are…," her eyes widened. "Oh my God…are you GAY? Really? Oh Lord…," for a moment she looked away, memories running through her mind.
"Now many things make sense. Why wasn't I aware of that? What kind of reporter am I if I didn't see this earlier?" She was shocked. Whilst thinking about that revelation, she reclined on the sofa, lost in her reverie.

After a while she realized that Minion wasn't so shocked of this situation. A puzzled expression showed upon her face, as she cocked her head.

"Minion? You seem rather…composed. Did you…know about it?"

The fish smiled briefly. "Yes and no, Miss Ritchi. I was slightly aware of this situation, but I really didn't care about it. I thought it wasn't important. Besides, I was convinced that it was only a figment of my imagination...so I didn't bother to tell Sir about it, because I was afraid he could laugh at me if I tried to share with him that info...," he said to both of them, earnestly.

Woman and human-esque alien were both appalled. Wayne blinked a little, worried.

"Crab nuggets! And I thought that I was capable to hide this-. I wonder how many citizens in this city know my secret. Besides those who I dated..."

Roxanne giggled, touching his shoulder. "I don't think many people knows it. I mean, I'm a reporter, and I didn't realize it until now! And Minion is a very intelligent fish. Guess the citizens of this city were too much taken by you to realize that something was…slightly strange. Heck… I realized that something was quite off, but I never paid too much attention to those details!" she said honestly, with a warm smile.

He smiled as well – not his "hero" smile, but a normal, human smile – and sighed in relief.

"Phew! Thank goodness! I was really afraid of this...!"

Watching her supportive grin, he dared to voice a little confession "You know…my homosexuality is one of the things that made me abandon my hero career. I feared someone uncovered this truth to make fun of me, or even worse, endanger the lives of those who I dated. I wasn't worried about Megamind because I knew that, for him and me, the epic battles 'Good Vs Evil' were only a game. Who truly I was mostly worried were other villains, the underworld people. I'm really sorry that I've being a complete burden in your life, but I hope you could understand," he finished, dropping his head back.

Roxanne took a deep breath and let out a huge sigh, rolling her eyes. He couldn't hate him completely.

"Yeah, you have messed up pretty well my life in Metro City… But at least now I can see your point. Still...this doesn't mean that I'll forgive you right now. Let's say that I won't throw more metal scraps at you, but I'll come here from time to time to discuss your choices."

Her voice lowered, becoming more serious. "And Wayne...when you could make that step, when you could feel prepared to admit the truth out loud, maybe we can make a public interview. For now, all you had said here will be off record until you decide to give me permission to talk about these things in my reports," she suddenly reminded something. "Ah…speaking of interviews and things like that: when will you do that public speech?"

He blinked in surprise and smiled. "Thank you, and yes… I'll tell you about what you can tell in those reports. I was thinking about calling the mayor straight away to make the arrangements for that speech."

She felt proud of him. Maybe Wayne really had grown something more than a beard in the last month.

"Yes, that's a wonderful idea!" her energy faded into a faint smile for a second. "Ah, maybe I should be who should speak to him first, and later you. I think he'll be quite surprised to listen a supposed-to-be dead person."

Wayne agreed. She was very right, and knowing the mayor, he may faint if he listened again Metro Man's voice without any warning.

"You're right! Ok then, let me dial the number," he said, picking his cellphone to dial the mayor's phone number.

With the phone in her hands, she cleared her voice before speaking.

"Hello, mayor? Roxanne Ritchi speaking. Ah no…it's another thing. Ahem…now I'll pass you a person who wants to talk to you. And please, don't panic. No, no…I'm not in danger, thanks. Now you'll talk with this person...," she finished with a reassuring tone, passing the cordless phone to Wayne.