(hmari chat par ek room hai jisme charpayi aur thoda saman rkha hai but usme koi jata nahi hai. Aur meri chat par bhi bas mai hi jata hu jyadatar.) Wo... niche se ayi aur stairs wale room ka darwaza band kr dia aur mere pas ayi aur mujhe choclate di. Maine mna kr dia to usne zid ki aur jabardasti khilane lag gyi. Hum dono chat par idhar udhar baghne lag gye phir mai us room mai chla gya aur wo bhi mere piche piche a gyi aur usne room ko lock kr dia andar se aur phir mujhe dhaka dekar bed par gira. I appealed to my hostess.“Not a chance,” she said. “Better give in graciously.”So I did. Underwear, shirts, pants, socks. It was a decent-sized bundle.Lunch was fried chops and bread. In the afternoon I tried to work out where the aborigine camp was. It was near the Oonagie Sandhill about 200 kilometres from the Station. I could see it taking three days to get there on foot. The Outback guide said just over nine hours by motor bike.The weather continued quite fine. There’d been no rain to speak. Thankfully, I had just completed my last planned presentation when my cell phone rang. "Roger Vinson here, how might I help you?" Mr. Vinson," a female voice replied. "Is it possible for you to come and pick up your children from school? Jenny Vinson has not shown up and school's been out for thirty minutes." What?" I replied as I checked my watch. "I guess I can, but have you tried their mother? I'm on the far side of town and it's going to take me twenty minutes or so to drive to the. .. I..." Jackie, I work as a nurse to pay for this house, buy food, pay for an old car, gas and insurance. But my job is being a mother to you and Mary. It hurts to have somebody who's only known you for 48 hours tell me that you've been hurting and were afraid to bother me by coming to me. I haven't been doing my job. How could you even think I didn't care for you?" Mom, I never thought you didn't care for us. That's why you work such long hours and are tired all the time. Part of my job is to.