Paladin

You will meet the eldest son in the next chapter.

In Sydney in the 1950-s. 1960s and early 1970s the Queen of etiquette, poise and deportment was June Dally-Watkins. At her school of deportment for young ladies aspiring to be models or socially competent, she taught poise by requiring her students to practise walking with either a volume of an encyclopedia or a copy of the Sydney phone book balanced on their heads.

Thanks @Flip-Flop. Stay tuned for what happens next.

@drsawzall. This is fiction but not far from reality.

Some of your speculation @Summerabbacat is relevant to the story, but to say which would be a spoiler. 😉

Moving from Adelaide to Sydney certainly is a commitment. Change of city and change of state. Nathan has only just committed to his move. Mark has strong reasons for moving. Liam's love of Mark is his commitment. Let's hope it all goes well.

They have access to the resources and are prepared to use them to provide help.

Liam and more so Mark are receiving help dealing with their turmoil.

Rick and Champagne - the more the merrier! Plenty of action in Adelaide coming up.

Mark and Liam won't be permanent additions to the inner circle of six. Nathan is close to finding out.

Because the weather in Sydney was cool, both Martin and Nathan would have preferred to sleep late and then stay in bed enjoying each other. It wasn’t to be. They needed to meet Liam at the clinic by ten. They exited their parked car and walked towards the main doors of the office building. Liam and another man, stepped out of another car and walked towards Martin and Nathan. Liam held out his hand to Martin. They shook. “Hi Martin, it’s great to catch up again and thanks for slotting m

So Levi needs assessing for likely concussion.

The big questions here are how did Levi get back to the house, and how did Matt's car keys end up hanging, not on any hook but, on the hook exactly where they always hung? So who knows the house well enough to know where the car keys are kept? And just as importantly, why?

I've worked in places where people appear for a short time, do not stay permanent and leave. Often in management!