Deep Water Tears: Book 1 The Dreaming Series by Jan Reid
Author:Jan Reid [Reid, Jan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jan Reid
Published: 2015-01-15T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER 10
âHeâs âround the back verandah Don,â Betty yells as she stretches her neck in an attempt to see Donâs face on the other side of the rambling white rose hedge. She had glimpsed the light blue colour of his utility through the hedge as he had driven up, so she knew she wouldnât need to go out the front to greet him.
âTa Betty,ââ he replies unseen, and ambles along the fence and around the corner to the back house gate.
Betty sighs deeply and a worried frown returns to her face as her thoughts once more return to Bill. The doctor said he was very lucky. There was no concussion and the x-rays didnât show anything had been broken, but there was quite a lot of ligament damage which may never fully heal, he had said. âBlasted âwidow makersâ,â she curses out loud. The chances of walking under a tree just as a bough broke were rare, but for many people it had also been fatal. Thank heavens it hadnât been worse, she consoles herself, although sheâs still feeling a little guilty for having had those thoughts a few months back about moving into town if he should ever pass away prematurely. She wonders if she somehow caused it with her thoughts. Donât be ridiculous, Betty, she scolds herself.
Her train of thought is suddenly lost as she moves her position to a different section of the hedge with her pruning shears and disturbs some grasshoppers. They make her flinch as they flick away in all directions, once more causing Betty to voice her frustration. âRotten grasshoppers,â she laments. Although harmless enough on their own, when the locust swarms came, they had the potential to strip crops overnight. The Barwon community had not been spared in the winter of 1975. Billâs winter crops had been destroyed. It was part of a farmerâs lot, being at the mercy of nature. Yet, despite it all, most farmers still carried on, even when drought, flood or plague hit. It was all taken in their stride.
She thinks again on the timing of it all. She canât help but feel that although the accident had been, âthe final straw that broke the camelâs backâ, as her mother used to say, somehow it had also been a bit like divine providence too. She didnât like it that Bill was injured of course, but she doubts he would have finally made the decision otherwise, despite the lost crops and the talks they had had since Rachel was sent away. She canât help but be a little mad at him, even though things were now largely working out to her advantage. Why hadnât he mentioned what had been on his mind earlier? He had said he had been thinking about it for years. She hadnât appreciated being left out, especially when she had suffered in silence with sorting out the problem with Rachel and Darel. It was obvious Don Rutherford had known for quite a while too, though Bill had said he hadnât mentioned it to him.
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