Africa
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IT IS VERY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT when they made it home, grateful that their shift won’t be until late afternoon the following day.
The drive home lasted fifteen hours. They had to stop often to eat, rest, stretch their aching limbs and let Africa run around.
Before they reach the outskirts of Sydney, they have a decision to make; return the rental car and take cabs home separately or take the rental with them and return it the next day. They decide to return it the next day.
It dawns on Pippa that they had just made their first mutual decision; it brings a smile to her face.
Closer to Sydney, Joshua asks where she wants to be dropped off. ‘Yours or mine?’
She wants so much to go back with him to his place, but it wouldn’t be practical. ‘Mine.’
In the dark, she detects
