The 19 year old kid who comes over for dinner every night turns out to be a very interesting kid. He let it slip that in two years when he turns 21 he will inherit the largest ranch in Western Australia. I mentioned Adam earlier as the permanent house guest that started eating over here years ago because his own family is too screwed up to put a meal together. Based on some of the clues he has mentioned, it think drugs (heroin) is involved with problems.
He doesn't even now big it is. It is larger than most counties and most states in the US. Millions of acres. His grandfather passed it on to him, bypassing Adam's mother. It seems that Adam's mother and her father did not get along and was disowned by him. However, his mother is the trustee until he turns 21, so she has control of the place right now.
Adam describes the ranch as nothing but empty desert. They lease it to sheep farmers. It is so barren that it takes an average of 30 acres just to raise one sheep. There is a lake that only holds 3 inches of water for one month of the year.
He can't go visit the place. He mother would find out and raise holy hell somehow, so he is just biding his time for now. He attends a local community college and lives with his grandmother down the street.
He promised that he would take me out there as soon as he is able to go himself. Should prove to be interesting.
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