CHAPTER 17Aza glanced out the kitchen window where she could see the whole street before her as their home was at the end of a cul-de-sac. She grinned for the person on the approaching motorbike was Ian.
Since Alice was born they had an unusual situation in that he had continued to be a real friend to both Sofia and herself. He had also became a real dad for Alice who was now a toddler and beginning to talk. Also, Paige Cohen, Ian's partner had become a good friend to Sofa and herself.
It was Friday and the last weekday before Aza was due to return to her position at Auckland University. In the big swap, as her partner called it, Sofia had requested and received an unpaid year's leave from her position at the importing firm to look after Alice. They had both reasoned that by that time, t
