His cousin, Hayley came to his aid, if it could be called aid. She said, “oh, I just knew ... I hoped ... I knew it would be you!”His confusion wa... even greater. Hayley had been born a turn of the moon after him, and last week she had started bleeding, this was one of those mysteries that only females knew about, he only knew that it happened to them, or at least to the adults, and Hayley had finished her “monthly” as they called it, nearly nine days ago, and for some unknown reason, she had. " Want a really good Saturday dinner?" Your Dad's?" Yes." Is this 'meet the parents'?" Not in that sense. But it will get them off my back." How hard is the road?" Not bad. We could go there on what I think of as the southern route – down through Goulburn and Yass and return through Cowra and Bathurst." How far is it?" About 250 klicks each way." 'And alone and unassisted brought them back.'" What?" Last but one stanza of 'The Man From Snowy River'. Banjo Paterson. Let's do it. You phone your. I had to keep reminding myself that she wasn't one of those high school girls who did whatever I asked because I was their football hero. I also had to keep telling myself not to be that insensitive bastard who'd used all the girls I could get away with. This was seriously different.I sighed and decided I could sit here and look at her like a puppy begging for scraps or I could act like I had a modicum of self control and clean up the mess where I'd dropped my bags just inside the door. I chose. He couldn't resist a grim smile as he remembered some of the old jokes that ended with a second thump, thump as a truck was backed up over a victim. He dropped the useless cell phone and picked up his Glock and continued to drive one-handed."Cell died," Rob said flatly. "I don't even know if he heard me tell him I loved him." He felt a deep, bleak sadness as he continued to drive and watch for more of the roving gangs. It seemed like the rioters were just out to hurt people and destroy.