January and half of February passed in a haze of work weeks, interspersed with either Saturday or Sunday and the occasional weekend spent on Sunshine Coast beaches with new-found friends. Lack of spare time meant Anna paid little attention to mundane matters, a quick flick sufficing for flat-cleaning, washing being done in the evenings and hung in the garage to dry. Ironing was abandoned, except for work clothes; she shopped for food during lunch breaks, then stored meat and her few frozen products in the lunchroom refrigerator, transferring them to a small polystyrene esky for the train journey home.
Unaware of the risks of excessive exposure to harsh sunlight, both Fletchers acquired almost all-over tans, pale skin visible only when n***d. On days when the three couples had a long stret
