Mark’s parents were going off on a weekend trip and were leaving him and his sister Tina alone for the first time. “Be very careful. No stranger.... No parties while we’re gone. I’ve made up meals for you so all you have to do is heat them, or you can make yourselves sandwiches and such.”“We’ll be fine, Mom. You and Dad go and have a good time. Teeny and I will probably just lay around and sunbathe or watch TV all weekend.”“I wish you’d stop calling her Teeny,” Susan said. “She’s almost as. Bambie put her other hand down into the elbow-deep water and picked up four smaller coloured pieces that were about equal to an Australian fifty-cent piece in size but of similar thickness to the first piece.She surmised that the gems couldn’t have been in the water very long, as being submerged for a long time would have ruined the opals. She then showed them to Stuart as she looked back at the walls to see where they may have come from.“Holy cow!” he gasped as he turned his own light on to. .. well ... it depends," Dave whispered back. Then he took Veronica's hand and walked a few dozen metres away from their tents."On what?" Veronica asked, as soon as he felt they were far enough away. She had to be sensing his surface thoughts."On how it would happen, for instance. Would we all be in the same tent, like you were with Grandpa and Silvia?" Would that be a problem? I know for a fact that Iris is dying to observe you in action from a spectator's point of view."Dave's mouth fell. It was the universal teenage position that screamed, ‘Don’t talk to me.’Greg ignored the body language and said, “Last time I said nothing was bothering me, I was positive that I was heading towards a divorce. In hind sight, I’d have to say that was something.”The little bombshell had the desired effect. Harry blurted out, “Ted’s parents are fighting. He thinks they are going to get a divorce.”“Why does that bother you?” Greg asked surprised that the problem wasn’t a little more personal for.