She couldn’t see anyone out there, yet the strange melody continued. She opened the doors and stepped outside and at that instant, the sounds stoppe.... She froze and looked around. She saw nothing and no one. All the same, she had to know now and she walked along the stone pathway very slowly, casting her eyes from side to side as she went. But she found as she walked that her uncertainty about everything was beginning to erode her sense of wonder. When she’d used up the last of her curiosity. After laying out for about an hour, they went inside together and Tom fixed sandwiches for both of them.Over lunch he began asking his daughter general questions about her life. She told him that she was more contented now than she had ever been in her life. Her life was good before her 18th birthday, but now it was amazing! Continuing to ask her questions, she told him about her girlfriends at school, and about the boys she liked and the ones she didn’t care much for. She explained to him that. Of we went with me pushing the pram and aunty constantly telling me howto walk. I don't think anyone realised I was a boy but I got lots ofstares because I was so glammed up. We walked for what seemed to memiles and my feet hurt being unused to walking in heels, although auntysaid 3 inch heels were not considered high and I would progress to muchhigher heels. Jose was enjoying my discomfort and suggested we stoppedat a caf? for tea. Aunty thought this a wonderful idea and so we stoppedand. It’s an answer to my prayers,’ she smiled brightly. Small creases gave her hazel eyes richness. Imperiously, Bill stood in judgment. The tanned complexion and her youthful enthusiasm denied the age that random gray strands of hair hinted. She had a bandaged thumb and traces of dirt under her nails, evidence of involvement in the reconstruction. The denim jacket she wore looked more appropriate than the yellow dress underneath. A burn scar on her left leg disappeared up under the mid-calf hem..