"It's Jonas." Jonas?" came the reply. There was the sound of movement in the background. "Sorry, Jonas who?" Um, Randall," I said, my insides turnin... to ice. How could she have forgotten about me? "From the - um, from the school?" Oh, Jonas!" she said excitedly, and everything was fine again. "Sorry, darling, I'm in the middle of something and my mind was somewhere else. How are you?" I'm fine," I replied, grinning idiotically. "I was wondering if maybe you'd like to go out with me. If. No problem though. Living in air-conditioned home, driving air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see the sun every day like this. I'm turning into a sun-worshiper.September 30thHad the back yard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms and rocks. No more mowing lawns for me. Another scorcher today, but I love it here.October 10thThe temperature hasn't been below 35°c all week. How do people get used to this kind of heat? At least today it's windy though. Keeps the flies off a bit.. Remember my roomie, Laura?”“Of course! Nice to see you too, Laura.”I gave my sister a peck on the cheek. She turned my head and kissed me on the mouth.“Jessie says you were the one who carried me up to bed last time, so thanks a lot for doing that. I was pretty wasted. She was hoping that you’d be here.”“It was no trouble. Damsels in distress my specialty! And I promised, pinky oath, that I would be looking out for her tonight.”They both giggled. Yeah, the Noo York accent did clash a bit with. "A month until he's in her bed." Di, it's not going to happen. Fred's what? Fifty-five or so, and she's about forty. She isn't interested in him sexually. Her world has been turned upside down — the loss of her husband, the hospital sucking up everything she had, those assholes trying to take her place away from her... Fred has the expertise to help her around the farm, and he needs to do it as much as she needs him to do it. But that's it."Jeff touched his brakes when the Escalade's brake.