”“And?”“And we progress to the metropolis of Glenmorgan, with a population of well under a hundred and then to Meandarra, with a few hundred f...olks.”“Not a lot of people.”“No. Roma, with over 5000 people is the largest. St. George and Charleville and Longreach are each half that or less. If you go north and west 1500 kilometers to Mt. Isa, in the mining country, you’ll find a town of near 20,000. Brisbane’s got near a million and a half. There’s crowded areas, but lots of space.”“It might be. .They waited for the doorbell and Cindy's call. Instead they heard the door open and close. The car pulled away. A voice came from the front door area."Hello, Cindy. How are you? Where is everyone?" Oh my god," Jill said. "It's your father!"Tim rolled off the bed, scrambling to his feet. He raced to pick up his Pj's and headed for the bedroom door. Jill grabbed the sheets and stripped them from the bed."Hurry, hon, hurry. Then she stopped and looked toward her son and lover. "Tim…come here.". Eve chewed slowly as she chose her words. ‘I had to – it was time to leave Philly…I’ve been accepted to grad school in Boston, but – well, I guess I had second thoughts about starting. I’ve been considering deferring for a year, I’m not sure,’ she said. She sighed in exasperation. ‘My father died last year,’ she explained. His head shot up and his brow wrinkled. ‘I’m so sorry, Eve,’ he murmured. She nodded her thanks, blinking rapidly. ‘I guess I wanted to have some kind of monumental trip of. I spent Thursday passed out at my house. I got up just in time for a shower before my wild drive to the county jail. There I picked up Linda, then drove to the community center. Megan had all day to work past her anger at me. I walked to a short concrete wall around some shrubs in the parking lot. There I sat down with Megan.“Honey I know you might not understand what happened last night but sometime people get so angry they do things without thinking. Your dad isn’t supposed to come near your.