She opened the cover and to her surprise noticed that it did not have the stamp of the library or the place where the books get stamped in and out."I-... don't understand?" Miranda looked puzzled "What is it my dear ?" the woman said "This book doesn't seem to belong here at all, I always check and cross reference the books in this library and I-I'm usually fairly thorough!" I'm sure you are my dear but please can we look inside it" the lady asked in anticipation "is there anywhere where we can. It would be classic to have one of those infinity pools on the high rise. It would look like you could swim right off the top of the building. We can have some grassy areas and trees in planters that will give residents with kids a place to play and a perimeter running or walking track around the top of the building. We will also have a ground level area that's grassy, but it might be more convenient for unit owners to be able to just go up to the roof to play. Some roofs could have tennis. After our obvious attraction I intended on him being my first but, well, he told me of his faith and the career he wanted to pursue. I wasn't going to let him slip through my fingers over a little thing I had yet to experience. Do you blame me?" Well, no of course I don't blame you but...wow..." I was still stunned. I had so many questions but so few seemed appropriate. My shock had made me numb to the fact that I was openly discussing my mother's sex life in very specific detail. She told me. We met several years ago." Right. I remember you. How's Shirl?" She's fine. She's in Brisbane. Her boss in The Alice got her a fellowship and she got a Diploma in Plant Protection. Now she's finishing her doctorate in Agricultural Science." That's a smart girl." Yep. Those post-graduate programmes run around twenty thousand a year, and she hasn't cost us anything." But that's not why you called." No. There's a guy who's looking to buy some acreage down here and I was at a meeting with him.