They’ll take off in a few minutes and should be there inside of a half hour. One of the men’ll be a medic. Over and out.”“Thanks,” said Mitc....“No problem,” said Sam. “Here’s an energy bar. You probably are real low now. By the way, I’m Sam and this is Tessa.”“G’day. What did I step into?”Sam looked. “Looks like a bilby tunnel to me.”“I thought there weren’t bilbies in South Australia any more.”“He must have missed the memo.” Mitch laughed and winced.Bilbies are excellent burrowers and build. ‘He likes boys too!’ She reassured me. ‘And he wants to know where you got that suit.’ I like him already! Allie rode with Alex, as we followed in our car. We could see her touching and hugging him as we rode. When we arrived back at Allie’s, it didn’t take long for the clothes to come off, the music to come on, the wine to be opened, and the evening to really begin. Alex was lean and tall, but he was already shaved from head to foot. He must get a lot of invitations like this, because guys. And Sally slapped his face very hard and sent him packing. To be fair, I warned him that it would scare her. The older girls in the neighborhood are kind of advanced for there age in the first place, but Sally is only 13. Good grief, I hope she doesn't alarm her mother again and they send the police down here to arrest poor Charley. He was very contrite and very sweet about it, even though Mame was here when he arrived and so he took a terrible amount of kidding.But that isn't the worst of it.. He found it easy to listen patiently to her, until it was his turn to talk. Most men interrupt women when they talk, which makes them frustrated because she is not being heard, or really listened to. Gary had fallen into that pattern all too often in the past, like most men did. He didn't even realize it back then. But now, somehow, he found it easy to communicate *properly* with a woman, the way another woman would.When the last drop of the delicious wine was gone, Gary took the glasses back.