Love Is Blind by Kathy Lette

Author:Kathy Lette
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781448167197
Publisher: Transworld

Chapter Six

Seeing Is Disbelieving

JACKO VAULTED UP the bank without losing a breath. ‘Shit. My backpack’s gone,’ he exclaimed. ‘With both our phones in it.’ Noticing Anthea’s pale face, he added, ‘Look on the bright side. With no phones, we get to spend even more time with each other!’

She blinked up at him, water still streaming from her nose. Anthea was used to being in total control. She was aware that tears were welling up in her eyes. Desperate to hide how shaken up she felt, she lashed out verbally. ‘I’m looking forward to spending more time with you about as much as I’m looking forward to my own execution by firing squad … A car crash, an inland tsunami, a wild goanna … This is a prank, isn’t it? We’re being secretly filmed for some reality TV show, aren’t we?’ she said, still struggling to take in all that had happened.

But Jacko’s attention was elsewhere. He was looking up at the jaundiced clouds on the horizon. They threatened rain. And yet, above them, the sky was clear. But there was something odd in the air. Anthea’s hair went static suddenly. It frizzed and stood on end. The slight fuzz on her arms was also standing to attention.

‘Oh, dear God. What’s going on now?’ she asked, alarmed.

‘Static electricity. The air’s so parched, even the bloody ions are dry.’

Anthea studied the skyline. The weather seemed as wild as a teenager’s mood. In the distance she could see sunshine, showers, an electrical storm, hailstones and rainbows all at once. She didn’t like it. To unnerve her even more, a flock of white cockatoos erupted from a tree perched atop the hill behind them. Anthea reeled around to see the birds fly screeching into the air. It was as though someone had thrown a huge handful of confetti into the heavens. And then, as if things couldn’t get any more surreal, the tree in which the cockatoos had been nesting burst into flames.

‘Well, I’ll be blowed!’ Jacko marvelled. ‘A bolt from the blue. I’ve never seen that before. Quite an awesome event.’

‘A bolt from the what?’

‘A lightning strike. Without a storm. A bolt from the blue … Pretty much like your sister coming into my life when I least expected it.’ He smiled.

Before Anthea had time to reply to his comment, Jacko lunged at her. He started ripping at the row of buttons running down the front of her dress.

‘What the hell do you think you’re doing? Get off me, you pervert …’ She slapped at his hands. ‘Unless you’d prefer to be separated from your scrotum.’

‘Get your bra off!’ he commanded.

Anthea dug her nails into the skin of his forearm. ‘Get away from me!’ Panic rose in her chest. She kicked out in the direction of his groin. ‘Or you’ll be auditioning for the Vienna Boys’ Choir. I am not kidding.’

‘Underwire.’

‘What?’

‘Underwire. In your bra. If lightning strikes again, it could electrocute you.’

Jacko ruched her dress up at the back. In one deft movement, he reached up, unhooked her bra and slipped the straps down over her shoulders.

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