I'd devote summer 1995 to something and then autumn back in Sydney. I invested several hundred dollars in getting the 4x4 a complete overhaul and new ...tyres. The first week in July I drove to Mitchell via a circuitous inland route. Sydney to Dubbo to Bourke to Charleville to home. I stayed two nights in Dubbo, spending a cool, damp day at the Taronga Western Plains Zoo. In Bourke I bought a Lawson postal card and sent it to Winnie. I left Bourke early and spent the next night at the Corones in. He'd griped at first when he'd had to take in the homeless orphan. She was a skinny kid then, but had soon started to bloom. He'd broken her in right. What a fight it had been those first few times. He'd had to be pretty rough, but he'd trained her just like he liked them. She'd turned out a little strange though, hard and cynical ... and then there was her thing with the dog ... and that gave him an idea."Tell you what, Mae," he said in a somewhat conciliatory tone. "You play ball with me in. Now that you are completely undressed, I’d guide you into the bathroom, where a warm, bubble bath awaited you. As you slowly sank into the water, I’d sit on the edge, my thick erection clearly straining against the seam of my boxers. I’d slide my hand into the bathing glove I bought just for this occasion and dip it into the soapy water. I begin by softly caressing the back of your neck and the tops of your shoulders, massaging you with the smooth, wet glove in the warm, relaxing water. You. Well for both of us actually. At least for me to use on you” Mum said with a smile. Before I could say anything Auntie Sarah said “and things will change here as well for you Holly.” “What do you mean?” she snapped. Crikey I thought, if that had been me that would have earned me a trip across her lap. “Calm down Holly. It’s simple. I can’t have you riding roughshod over me any more. In future I’ll be grounding you when you are naughty. I have to make you learn somehow and Emma has.