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Jason had organized times he would be available to chat to Alex, Paul and/or Jerome online. For him it would be mornings Monday to Friday which equated to Sunday evening through to Thursday evening in the States once the 16 hour time difference was taken into account. Jason was an early riser and the morning times suited him best - so the times were around 5:30 am for him and 9:30 pm for his friends. Jason would use his webcam and microphone online keeping the cost minimal and was encouraging Alex, Paul and Jerome to do the same albeit unsuccessfully thus far.
For Jason it was something of an empty feeling chatting while he was so far away. Their chats had lately concentrated on the odd circumstances surrounding the Queensland and Victorian floods, the West Australian bushfires and the subsequent Cyclone Yasi that had flattened more than half of the resort they had stayed at when they went to the Great Barrier Reef. Horseshoe Bay and in particular Jason were significantly further south and thus unaffected save for a few rainy days.
Chatting about the weather patterns, and the Japanese tsunami, although major catastrophes from any perspective, was a means of avoiding the need to discuss items closer to the heart. None of them broached the important aspects of relationship that was central to their futures. Talking about relationships was difficult enough face to face, let alone when they were two thirds of the way around the globe. Paul for example would have little difficulty saying what needed to be said but neither Jason nor Alex had the same capacity. Alex found friendship and trust enough of a nemesis let alone a full on relationship, while Jason had quite a lot of friends and acquaintances but found it difficult to gain a true closeness. They were constantly falling short of saying the words that could bring them tumbling headfirst into a long term commitment. Alex still had the complication of his commitment to Paul that needed to be sorted out along with his own limited abilities to deal with emotional issues. Jason was unsure where he stood – if only Alex would say the words he longed to hear – he desperately wanted to be loved but knew not to force the issue. Hence it was disasterous weather patterns and topical events that dominated their chats, however dysfunctional it may have seemed to others.
By mid April Jason’s body had not only mended but allowed time for training for the national titles at Currawa Beach on the Queensland Coast. He placed a creditable third from 247 competitors on his limited and interrupted training program. It was then he opted to rest his body from the punishing schedule of training and competition to freshen up before the new season commencing in October. It was in this period of time that he would turn 21 and his life would take another unexpected turn.
Paul had been digging! Not for dirt or for gold but digging for information. He had talked his father into commencing a professional dialog with Tom Beavis the lawyer from Piper’s Point. As a direct result he now had interesting information on who owned the property at Horseshoe Bay but had not found the elusive link between the property and Jason. That a link had to exist was patently obvious and therefore he had entertained several possibilities on which he was working. Right now he was keeping his findings to himself until he was sure that the news would not cause harm to Jason. Paul too had his regular chat sessions with Jason and was finding himself more and more captivated by his easy charm, which, in return provoked a flow on effect by increasing his desire to help. More than once he fancied himself with Jason!
Through his father’s link with Tom Beavis he had learned that the Sand Mining Company was a subsidiary of a much larger conglomerate. The Sand Mining Company had sold the land, for a ridiculously low sum, to a smaller private company owned by the company director. That director in turn had donated most of the land to the people of Australia making it an annex of the National Park and secured the 50 acres on which the house stood for private use. Paul had used property searches to find that the ownership had been placed into a trust administered by Tom Beavis, but, exactly how that trust operated he was unable to discover. There had to be a link to Jason. If he could find the nature of the trust he might find the link.
For Jason it was something of an empty feeling chatting while he was so far away. Their chats had lately concentrated on the odd circumstances surrounding the Queensland and Victorian floods, the West Australian bushfires and the subsequent Cyclone Yasi that had flattened more than half of the resort they had stayed at when they went to the Great Barrier Reef. Horseshoe Bay and in particular Jason were significantly further south and thus unaffected save for a few rainy days.
Chatting about the weather patterns, and the Japanese tsunami, although major catastrophes from any perspective, was a means of avoiding the need to discuss items closer to the heart. None of them broached the important aspects of relationship that was central to their futures. Talking about relationships was difficult enough face to face, let alone when they were two thirds of the way around the globe. Paul for example would have little difficulty saying what needed to be said but neither Jason nor Alex had the same capacity. Alex found friendship and trust enough of a nemesis let alone a full on relationship, while Jason had quite a lot of friends and acquaintances but found it difficult to gain a true closeness. They were constantly falling short of saying the words that could bring them tumbling headfirst into a long term commitment. Alex still had the complication of his commitment to Paul that needed to be sorted out along with his own limited abilities to deal with emotional issues. Jason was unsure where he stood – if only Alex would say the words he longed to hear – he desperately wanted to be loved but knew not to force the issue. Hence it was disasterous weather patterns and topical events that dominated their chats, however dysfunctional it may have seemed to others.
By mid April Jason’s body had not only mended but allowed time for training for the national titles at Currawa Beach on the Queensland Coast. He placed a creditable third from 247 competitors on his limited and interrupted training program. It was then he opted to rest his body from the punishing schedule of training and competition to freshen up before the new season commencing in October. It was in this period of time that he would turn 21 and his life would take another unexpected turn.
Paul had been digging! Not for dirt or for gold but digging for information. He had talked his father into commencing a professional dialog with Tom Beavis the lawyer from Piper’s Point. As a direct result he now had interesting information on who owned the property at Horseshoe Bay but had not found the elusive link between the property and Jason. That a link had to exist was patently obvious and therefore he had entertained several possibilities on which he was working. Right now he was keeping his findings to himself until he was sure that the news would not cause harm to Jason. Paul too had his regular chat sessions with Jason and was finding himself more and more captivated by his easy charm, which, in return provoked a flow on effect by increasing his desire to help. More than once he fancied himself with Jason!
Through his father’s link with Tom Beavis he had learned that the Sand Mining Company was a subsidiary of a much larger conglomerate. The Sand Mining Company had sold the land, for a ridiculously low sum, to a smaller private company owned by the company director. That director in turn had donated most of the land to the people of Australia making it an annex of the National Park and secured the 50 acres on which the house stood for private use. Paul had used property searches to find that the ownership had been placed into a trust administered by Tom Beavis, but, exactly how that trust operated he was unable to discover. There had to be a link to Jason. If he could find the nature of the trust he might find the link.
