Mary had never remarried or even had a meaningful relationship in that time, dedicating her life to Thomas who was now sixteen years old. Thomas was h...avily into mountain bike racing with a couple of friends and raced in regional tournaments. He even made the Victorian state championships and competed in the junior section. Thomas’ training was done on the natural bush tracks found at the back of Yallourn North. In March 2001, I received a telephone call late one morning, while alone at home.. It had once been an auto repair bay.I went right to the door. The man standing guard looked at me. "Now you can get out of my way or you can get carried to the ER." What you gonna do Puta?" he said."This Puta is going to shove a shive in your belly asshole," I said with the orange stake pressed ever so gently against his belly. The thing I had going for me was they always assumed I was just a little girl out of her element. "This is no joke," I said.He opened the door but he called out. The way the courts saw it, Bill could have easaly been the father, as well as me, and since she had custady of John, Bill had to pay for all of his needs, and if DNA test showed Bill is the dad, he could be looking at prison time and John, be taken away from Brenda as well, at which time I could get custody of John.Enough of that now.As far as to being able to talk to June about her watching Linda and me the first night they spent at my house, I didn't get to talk to her for at lest a week. Then the thought crossed her mind, was Frank planning to stay the evening? Was he hoping to get laid? He hadn’t called to say he was coming over and tomorrow as a school day. Karen was getting just a little bit pissed about this intrusion into her orderly, well-structured life. Then Frank went on. “You called in sick today. “Yes.” “Bronchitis?” “Yes …” “But you’re feeling much better now?” Better hedge your bets. “Kinda’ …” “Went to the doctor?” “Frank, why are you quizzing me like this?”.