Summer Down Under by Pensy Alison

Author:Pensy, Alison
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: outback, australia, cowgirl, sheep station, jillaroo, jackeroo

Chapter Sixteen

Sam got up and wandered into the bathroom. When she stepped in front of the mirror, she gasped. Holy cow! Daniel wasn’t kidding. A big black and blue bruise covered the left side of her face from just below her eye to underneath her chin. When she leaned in for a closer look, she could see there was even see some purple thrown in for good measure.

Hesitantly, she brought her hand up to her face, allowing her fingers to softly touch the damaged skin. She winced. Half of her lips were swollen, and they, too, had a purple tinge to them, not to mention the nasty split that was now scabbing over. With caution, she opened her mouth to see how far it could open. Not far, she found out, before a stabbing pain kicked in and she screwed up her eyes. Her attempt at brushing her teeth failed miserably, as every time the brush moved in the direction of her injury, the pain was too much to bear. She gave that up as a bad job and resigned herself to having to suck on a breath mint to get rid of the awful taste in her mouth.

She had to say she was not quite convinced that nothing was actually broken, but Mrs. Miller seemed to know what she was talking about. Sam didn’t particularly want to go all the way into town to see a doctor, so she took Mrs. Miller’s word for it.

After finishing the halfhearted attempt on her teeth, she wandered through to the kitchen. Daniel had once again beaten her to it and was talking with this father.

As soon as Sam walked into the kitchen, Mrs. Miller swooped down on her. The matronly lady took her chin gently in hand and looked at the damage.

“Ooh, that is a nasty bruise, young lady,” she clucked like a mother hen. “At least the swelling has gone down a good bit.”

Sam gave her a pathetic attempt at a smile.

“You’ll be right as rain in a few days, but you’re not going out to work today. You can stay inside and rest. That was quite a knock you took. You were out for an hour, you know.”

No, Sam didn’t know. She hadn’t thought to ask Daniel how long she was unconscious. She was too busy thinking about other things at the time.

Her attention turned to the voices coming from the dining table. As Mrs. Miller had turned back to what she was doing, Sam proceeded in their direction. She felt nervous about seeing Daniel again after pushing him away, yet again, just a short while ago. She hoped he wouldn’t be too annoyed with her, but couldn’t blame him if he was.

Once again, as soon as she entered, both men stood up, thrusting their chairs behind them. Sam gave them a weak smile, feeling just a tad embarrassed by her appearance.

“Looks like you took quite a beating, my girl,” Mr. Miller stated. “Maybe I was a bit hasty sending you in there without first telling you what to do.

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