The woman asks Jess if she and her sisters want to stay with her family from now on, because Jess and the woman’s eldest daughter are best friends. ...Jess smiles as she nods yes. Gerry smiles and says he’ll work out the paperwork with Child Welfare Services for them. The woman leads the children away.A very worried Meara asks Gerry, “That was a bit assertive and hard, wasn’t it?”A very calm Gerry replies, “What you mean is you think I was very pushy and brutal. Yes, I was, but no more than the. . a victim of the war like so many others.“One of the officers heard crying and her two year old daughter was found hiding in the debris. The villagers wanted nothing to do with the slant eyed halfbreed so she was taken by the Australians back home to Australia.“The Aussie officer placed her in a home, promising to return and adopt my ancestor. As happens in war ... he was killed on the very next raid. The foster home turned the girl out ... no money was forthcoming for her support. The Church,. "Yeah, you got me. It was exciting to watch. I never knew I'd like it."Cynthia smiled again."This is a little bold but do you mind if we continue? You see, your roommate has left me hanging and I really need her to finish me off."I was stunned. I hadn't thought about that. I figured it was over, they'd get dressed and we'd go to lunch. This was a whole new development. I looked at Brit as Cynthia was speaking. She was aghast."Mom! I can't believe you asked that!"Cynthia had her eyes locked on. She moved back. David felt no better; the panic attack was developing slowly. He hated the fact that he had to dirty himself everyday however when Jane changed him he also felt so well looked after, so safe, so helpless, so deliciously dependent on someone he loved.Sheila was still standing so close to him as all these thoughts rushed through his head making him feel doubly awkward about his baby ways..“Come let’s show you off to Simon, he has only seen the photos so farSheila marched him.