The Collectors Book Two: Full Circle (The Collectors Series 2) by Sewell Ron

Author:Sewell, Ron [Sewell, Ron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Appolonia Books
Published: 2014-06-17T18:30:00+00:00

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Washed and changed, Bear sat at the kitchen table while Elini dabbed antiseptic on the multitude of abrasions on his hands and face. “Doubt if you’ll win a beauty contest for a while.”

“Not much chance of that without the cuts and bruises.”

“Jocelyn might say different.”

Bear nodded as if approving Elini’s comment. “Maybe so, but she’s biased.”

Elini’s power over her house radiated from the kitchen. From here she governed, many said, with an iron fist in a velvet glove. Every time Bear flinched, she chuckled.

“Supper’s nearly ready and if I understand men you’ll be much better after a glass or two of brandy. I’ve finished. Don’t touch.”

The meal over, Elini rested in her chair to watch television. She translated the news for Bear.

The picture changed to the Kouris Dam, the largest of the Cyprus reservoirs. The glamorous blonde-haired presenter appeared concerned as she informed the viewers that in two months nearly half a metre of rain had fallen. It showed the spillway full of water tumbling towards the flowing river. A reporter on the scene remarked on the constant downpour and the problems with overflowing dams. The camera operator zoomed in on the run off from the dam, which flowed along an overgrown riverbed. Where the river passed under a road bridge the build-up of debris forced it to find another route across open fields.

“That’s not news. Take a peek out of the window,” said Bear. “It’s rained every day since we arrived.”

“Be quiet,” said Elini. “This is important for our island.”

The newscast went on to show rivers fed by the melting snow in spring and other streams with their banks overflowing.

“Our island always needs water,” said Elini again. “The crops will have plenty next year.”

“There appears to be a problem with the dam,” said Bear.

The screen displayed images of men in bright yellow raincoats, and a JCB placing wire mesh containers filled with small rocks on top of the earthworks. The newscaster reported that a ministry spokesperson had stated that these works were of a precautionary nature and the Riparian Drain Pipe was now fully open. This will reduce the water level,” he said. The news went on to show the horror of landslides in Turkey and flooding in the Nile Delta.

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