Lizzie's Tale by Beyond Beyond Books

Author:Beyond Beyond Books
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: rape, courage, prostitute, persecution, forced adoption, pregnant teenager

Chapter 12 - A New Start

Lizzie decided that she had to start her new life in the west with an outward appearance of confidence and prosperity.

She had bought a neat second hand bag in Perth for her clothes, and a couple of light but smart outfits, which better suited this weather. She asked to be taken by the local taxi to a good quality hotel in the town.

Once there she decided she would settle in today, have her lunch in the hotel dining room with her baby on proud display, then wait to walk the streets of the town in the evening cool so as to familiarise herself and be seen about – a well-bred woman of means. Tomorrow she would start to enquire about the town and what it offered, both the chances for employment in better quality establishments and also the potential to start a business of her own. Before she could form a firm plan she needed an understanding of what enterprises were already in the town, and what opportunities existed. She would also look at other possibilities such as giving children’s tuition using her own schooling knowledge.

From her experiences in Melbourne she had formed a view that, in most places, there was an opportunity for competent hard working people who lived frugally. She also knew that her education gave her opportunities for advancement. She thought that, if she managed her money carefully, it would allow at least six months before she had fully used it up. In that time she felt certain she could gain a new income. She had confidence in her ability to charm people with a smile and a polite turn of phrase. She had discovered an ability to read peoples desires and understand and meet their needs. She knew money flowed from this. She was particularly interested in a business that she could do from a house that she lived in. This would assist with caring for her child and reduce her overall expenses.

The next three days were spent visiting many businesses in the town, mostly talking to the local people but also giving small fragments of information about herself, that she was a Sydney girl, that her husband had died soon after her baby was born, that she had inherited a small parcel of money, not much but enough to live frugally, that she had felt his loss so keenly that she had decided to leave her home and come to the other side of Australia to make a new life there.

She wove facts and inventions together with skill, already she had job offers to work in three shops. She told these people that she would think carefully and seriously about the offers, but she first needed a few days to settle in, get her bearings and find a place to live.

She sensed that she was a minor sensation in this hot, sleepy little town. No one questioned her motivation; those who were born here seemed to be content in this place and considered it natural that others should want to live her too.

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