The Legacies of Brigadier Station by Sarah Williams

Author:Sarah Williams [Williams, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Serenade Publishing

Chapter 10

Why did you go into nursing when you could have become a famous singer?” Logan asked Abbie late the following afternoon as they sat around a campfire.

Abbie laughed. She had never considered music as a serious career. She had enjoyed studying it at school, but nursing was her calling. “My parents would have disowned me,” she said and smiled at her friends. Hannah was at Lachie’s side, slowly turning a sausage speared on a stick over the edges of the fire. Lachie was close enough and keeping an eagle eye on her so she wouldn’t hurt herself.

She trusted him with her daughter. She had never trusted anyone other than her parents and close friends. But she knew without a doubt that Lachie would protect Hannah and look after her.

And she adored him back. He was the only father figure in her life. Possibly more than just a figure given what she had found out.

“How are your kids, Logan? Still riding those horses you got them?” Darcy asked from across the firepit.

“They sure are. I started something there; they’re all horse mad now. Especially Scotty.”

“Horses are great with autistic kids though. Do you think it’s helped?”

“Sure has. You should see them together.”

Darcy was obviously horse mad himself. Meghan had explained how they lived on a station a couple of hours away called Arabella Plains, and as well as running beef cattle, they bred campdrafting and stock horses.

Darcy reached over and squeezed Meghan’s hand. “We’ve been talking about learning more and doing some study. We’d like to open a camp or something like that for kids with learning disabilities.”

“We have such sweet animals,” Meghan explained. “They would be perfect for kids with autism.”

“That would be fantastic,” Paige said. “We’d love to help.”

Abbie felt at ease around these good, country folk. It warmed her heart to see that the younger generations were continuing their parents’ community spirit and pride in the land. They could have moved to cities and towns and gotten easier jobs with higher rates of pay, but instead they had chosen to stay on the land and help support their rural communities. Abbie couldn’t help but respect them for that.

She turned to Riley who was sitting on her left and the only member of Lachie’s family she hadn’t spoken to at length yet. “I heard you and Noah are based in Western Australia. What are you doing there?”

Riley swept her long dark locks over her shoulder. “I’m a helicopter mustering pilot so we’re following the work and exploring the countryside. Have you ever been west?”

Abbie shook her head. “I’m a city girl; this is as far west as I’ve ever been.”

“If you get a chance you should come visit. Perth is a great place-not that I’m a fan of big cities and crowds of people.” Riley struck Abbie as a woman full of guts and determination, used to living in a man’s world and able to give as good as she got.

“I’d love to see it one day. All of the outback seems so foreign.

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