.. we don't expect boyfriends and girlfriends to last. We have some fun, then we move on. Friends can last for ever ... but boyfriends rarely do!" You...re being very philosophical today, Pen." She smiled."But you're the clever one who's always got their nose stuck in a book, Paulie ... I'm sure you know that girls are supposed to mature sooner than boys ... and not just physically. That's because men might rule the world ... but women have to tell them how to do it..."Penny led him by the hand. ‘You are in charge of the kitchen from 11:00 till 2.30 and then work your second shift from 4:00 to 10:00, a total working time of 9½ hours of which 1½ will be paid at overtime rates.’ ‘That’s fine. I’ll ask where the roster is. Remember I don’t official begin work until today.’ ‘Yeah well find the boss’s wife and sign on this morning. I’ve already logged your working hours for last night.’ ‘Oh Straun, how sweet of you. I thought I was sacrificing myself.’ Her obvious delight with him appeared. He was tall, being 195cm (6’ 5”), a lean muscular man with washboard abs and long, runners’ legs. He had deep, dark, penetrating eyes and short, tight curly black hair with no grey. The wider nostrils and slightly backward sloping forehead were from his aboriginal heritage, and he carried these features well as they blended with his Caucasian heritage.Many would consider him a handsome man in the prime of his life at thirty-five years. Among the people of the region he was living in, he was. “Bob speaks highly of you,” Mr. Iverson offered.“Thank you,” I said, grateful for the compliment. “What can I do for you gentlemen?”Mr. Iverson smiled warmly as his eyes looked into mine. There was a compelling confidence to him that drew me in.“We have a couple questions and need some details that I think you have answers to,” Bob said, breaking the brief awkward silence.For the next forty-five minutes, we discussed what seemed like small details of some of our company’s projects. I could tell.