War Woman by Hanna Rachel

Author:Hanna, Rachel [Hanna, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Published: 2013-03-18T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

North Georgia – Spring, 2012

“They’re blocking your car again.”

Cooper glanced up at his farm manager. Jim Symons was short and built like a bull. Cooper noted the angry expression on his face and attempted to hide a smile. Jim’s build wasn’t the only thing that resembled a bull. He looked ready to charge forth into battle at any moment.

“Well then, it’s good we’ve got horses, isn’t it?” The words were delivered with a straight face and Cooper could tell that his apparent lack of concern irked his farm manager to no end. The pained expression on Jim’s face almost had him laughing out loud. Cooper trusted and respected Jim, both as the farm manager and as his friend, but sometimes the man needed to learn to relax.

“Have you attempted spraying them with the hosepipe?”

“Not yet.” Jim’s expression suddenly turned hopeful. “Are you giving me permission this time?”

“Certainly not.” Cooper laughed and stood up from his desk, stretching his arms slowly before stepping round the desk and walking past Jim and out of his office. “Come on. Let’s go see what they want.”

“The same thing they always want,” Jim grumbled as he turned and followed Cooper out the room. “You think after all this time they’d come up with something original. It’s the same chants, the same demands.”

“Well let’s humor them.”

“You humor people too much.”

“Judging by the scowl on your face, I don’t humor you enough.”

Cooper grinned at Jim’s weary sigh and affectionately slung his arm around his shoulder. “Be nice and I’ll buy you a beer.”

“I’d give up beer for a year if you’d let me spray them.”

“Now, Jim, you know that the ‘wet protestor’ look just adds appeal to their cause. I thought you didn’t want to give them an advantage.”

“Well one of us has to stand firm and it’s obviously me since you let them take advantage of you on a regular basis.”

Cooper laughed again and opened his front door, making his way down the porch steps and around the side of the house where his car was parked in the driveway. On seeing him, the protestors’ chants increased in vigor.

“Morning Charlie, Vivienne. Hey, Dean. How you guys doing today?” He nodded at the familiar faces. The same group of protestors had been coming to his farm over the past several weeks. They had started on the edge of his land but, on noting no repercussions and finding that their protests weren’t making any significant headway, they had steadily advanced until eventually setting up base at the start of the driveway that led to the farmhouse. They were now bold enough to surround his car during their protests and seemed to consider this in and of itself a great victory. Cooper smiled at this thought before addressing the group. “Didn’t realize you liked my car so much. If you want a test drive, all you need to do is ask.”

His easy, cheeky grin faltered slightly as the crowd of roughly fifteen protestors parted to reveal a woman he hadn’t seen before.

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