I know he is staring at them, at me, caressing me with my eyes, catching every movement, from the strands of my hair, down my torso, along my legs. Th...ey catch around the silk scarf I have wrapped around my waist, my only pretense at modesty. I know he wants me to drop it, but for now I just dance. The night sky is clear above, the stars shining down between the trees. Each one is like his eyes, watching me, starring, but the difference is in the heat in his gaze. I don’t know exactly where he. Sarah was driving back to Sydney in the Landcruiser so I said we’ll go together and share the driving, go the inland route as it was faster and far less traffic, find motels along the way and enjoy ourselves. We reckoned 4 days driving and we agreed we would leave almost as soon as Sarah had waved and fucked off her husband. We went upstairs first of all, telling reception we were checking out, took me 10 minutes to pack my gear which I took along to Sarah’s room. She had also done a rapid pack. .. spread my wings.”“He wanted you to leave when he found out you were pregnant.” George sounded angry.“He doesn’t know I’m pregnant,” she said.“You’re joking!”“Try to understand, George. I didn’t love him. I mean I wasn’t in love with him. Even so, I’ll never forget him. He was one of the best things to come into my life, almost ever! Even if he’d wanted to marry me I wouldn’t have. It would never have worked. Not in that town.”He was quiet for a while. He ate the roll, and reached for. ? At 36, he?d been around thatblock and was becoming burnt out of the scene.?He went to the sites out of sheer boredom and because it was somethingto do.? He offered advice to those whoasked, but nothing stood out as prospects.One night he was talking to thisgirl.? She seemed honestly interested andwas hitting things on the nose.? Coming up with answers that subs twice her age usually struggledwith age.? He was impressed, notthat he?d ever tell her that.? Thinkingthat her description of herself.