At the reading of Uncle Peter’s will, Michael and Kate were shocked but delighted to learn he’d left Michael his two-bedroom villa one street back from the beach at Old Bar. The generous gift resulted in a suite of quick, profound changes in their lives. Kate had said to Michael, “Maybe now’s the time to retire and get out of Sydney. You always loved it at Old Bar, and I’ve had a gutful of the Education Department.” She added, perhaps thinking it would clinch the matter, “And you’ve got a dicky ticker; I don’t want to be a fifty-five-year-old widow.”…