Love In Between by Leanne Lovegrove

Author:Leanne Lovegrove [Lovegrove, Leanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Leanne Lovegrove

9

Caleb stood, stretched out his back and rubbed his aching muscles. It was early, too early and he wasn’t a morning person. But the day dawning around him with its muted palette of colour was spectacular, except it was freezing. The sun hadn’t yet reached the tips of the trees, nor did it provide any warmth. Caleb blew on his fingers to warm them up. Manual labour was not his strength, he cooked the food, didn’t pick it.

Jacqueline worked beside him, along with a small but worthy crew prepared for the back-breaking work. He’d rung the mayor knowing she’d have both the people power and the persuasion to gather an assembled group to help.

‘You’ve done a good thing here,’ she said and rubbed her own arms to get the blood flowing.

‘How did everyone not know that Bridie manages this place alone?’

For once, Jacqueline was speechless and her response slow. ‘She’s so capable, no one suspected.’ He’d confided in her on the basis she didn’t blab. Wasn’t gossip rife in small towns? He hadn’t known Bridie long, but it was easy to work out she didn’t want her dirty laundry aired, otherwise people would know of her plight. So, on the basis her dad was laid up, and because of the freak storm yesterday, help was needed to pick the decimated strawberries. And like he knew she would, Jacqueline had shone, and the arrangements were made before the moon was out in the night sky.

‘Are we throwing these?’ Jacqueline asked and pointed to the buckets of bruised berries.

‘No. Give them to me, I have an idea.’ The mayor studied him but simply nodded.

Caleb glanced once more towards the house. He hadn’t advised Bridie they were coming, hadn’t spoken to her after yesterday. Given she hadn’t run through the field and demanded to know what was going on, and refusing their help, he guessed she wasn’t in a good place today. He hoped she was fast asleep.

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