. Stay with me ... Kevin ... I need you to stay with me, Kevin ... Concentrate on my voice, and stay with us..."I forgot all about staying with anybod..., while I tried to just breathe. The pain was unearthly, and I heard myself moaning almost non-stop, but it was impossible to wake up. I was caught just enough unconscious to be awake, and just enough awake to be unconscious.There were voices all around me, but I really couldn't respond to any of them. At one point the lights and noise convinced. .. I got ran up to mybedroom, got on to my bed, and once again, found release.Tuesday morning was Mother's birthday. I woke up, got ready for school,and came downstairs for breakfast. I was very nervous about giving herthe gift. I had spent a lot of money, and I really hoped she liked it. But more than that, I was nervous that she would think it was a strangegift for a son to give his mother. But I kept asking myself, if thatwas what I was worried about, why did I do it? Why didn't I just. ‘It’s going to be a bloody boring six weeks,’ he summed up miserably. He could not imagine that Renata would prove to be entertaining. Now, you might have come to the conclusion that Dennis was a somewhat spoilt and for his age, a cynical young man, and in my view you would be right. As an only child his well-off parents had indulged him, but now, rather late in the day so to speak, he had been slammed up against a situation he could not command. His parents, selfishly in his view, were. ’ Jay looked at Brad and asked, ‘Since when has Megan been a regular news broadcaster?’ Brad raised his eyebrows and replied, ‘I didn’t know she was! As far as I knew, she only does her investigative reports for her weekly news show. Maybe she just happened to be at the studio when this story broke and she was the only person they had available to go on the air.’ Some of the others standing around heard them and asked how they knew Megan. Brad answered, ‘I’ve known Meggie all my life… we grew.