The Valley by Hawke Steve;

Author:Hawke, Steve;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fremantle Press
Published: 2018-10-10T16:00:00+00:00

‘Bugger.’

There is not enough tea left in the pannikin to even moisten his palate. He leans forward to stir up the coals, and slides the billy across to rewarm.

Wha’d’you say, Marj, am I doin’ the right thing?

She was a woman of firm opinions and decisive actions. A driver. He has always been a watcher with second, third and fourth thoughts. A reactor, not an initiator.

We had somethin’ good, didn’t we girl.

He turns towards the cemetery.

I don’t just mean the lovin’. Not many fellers I know would’ve given you the rein I did. An’ I was the only bugger on earth you’d bite your tongue for, lettin’ me keep me secrets all those years. Or pretend to.

An’ for what?

For so long now he has buried it all. Billy, Bessie, Sarah, Jinda; he has honoured their secrets. The unbearable, unresolved pain of Milly. The ache for all those he has lost. But he feels like he has failed each and every one of them.

To devote himself to Riley. That is what he has told himself.

Until Rosa gave him that fax.

Until that moment of panic in Andy’s driveway saw him abandon the cautious habits of a lifetime.

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