Lying in Wait by Diane Hester

Author:Diane Hester
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Escape Publishing

Chapter 30

The two women walked slowly along the beach. Up ahead of them, in a mist raised by lines of thundering breakers, three children dodged in and out of the surf. An offshore breeze occasionally carried their voices towards him as he crouched behind the high-water dunes.

He watched the group go a good distance further along the shore, to a point where he was certain it would take them at least a quarter hour to return. Then he doubled back, carrying his hessian sack before him.

Spinifex scratched and sliced his legs as he wallowed through the loose sand. Salt spray burned his face, his nostrils; gulls screeched noisily overhead.

They’d set up camp at the base of the cliff that ran the length of the undulating shoreline. Beach towels and clothing lay draped over boulders, drying in the early evening sun. Two eskies stood beneath a folding table with a rainbow-hued umbrella standing guard.

He moved through the camp, taking care to merge his footprints with theirs and holding the sack well away from his body. On the far side he found what he was looking for—five sleeping bags unrolled on the ground around what would later be a modest bonfire. No tents, nor even the makings of one. They would be sleeping under the stars tonight, warmed by the sand and sheltering rocks.

So much the better. He’d be able to watch.

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