He motioned to Chloe as she walked past him. She walked over to him, checking that there was no-one else within earshot.“Hi lover,” she whispered,...“do you want me here and now?”Mr Harris went bright red with embarrassment, frantically looking around. “Be careful,” he whispered. “I just wanted to tell you l can’t be there after school today but l can be there during the lunch break.”Chloe had to think quickly. “Okay,” she said, “fifteen minutes after the lunch bell, not a second earlier or you. ‘Can I come in?’ ‘Yeah,’ I answered, backing up out of her way. ‘I was off tonight,’ she explained, ‘and I got lonely. Can I stay here? I brought my stuff.’ She held up the duffel bag and I gulped. She was direct, I had to give her that. I just wished I knew exactly what she had in mind. ‘Sure,’ I said, self-consciously fingering the collar of my robe. She flopped down on the loveseat and patted the other cushion. ‘Come on and sit down. I don’t bite.’ I sat next to her and she immediately put. Would he want an encore? Or maybe expect one for the ride?It was a quiet ride for the first few minutes and then Gary said, "I noticed that you and Ricky didn't seem to spend any time together tonight. Could that maybe mean that you are no longer a couple? Or is it just a pot-hole in the road that can be patched and filled." Not a pot-hole; more like a bridge that has been washed out." Can the bridge be rebuilt?" I'm not sure that it should be. Might be best to just reroute the traffic." You. Like a fairy tale?" Ah!"Eventually, beyond the city of Wanganui, the mountain emerged like a ghost out of the humid air. It was a cone, just as John described, and it was capped with a mantle of white snow."Hawera's up ahead," Silvia explained, "as far as we're able to tell, your Grandfather lived on a farm a little inland from here... up that road there. Want to see?" Briyan nodded and Silvia turned the car onto the unsealed road.New Zealand Government researchers had tracked down a relative.