The Opal Desert by Di Morrissey

Author:Di Morrissey
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781742628806
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia

Shirley smiled at Kerrie as she reminisced.

They had finished the wine, so Kerrie put the kettle on for a cup of tea. While she was waiting for it to boil, she pulled her sketchpad from her bag. ‘May I sketch you, Shirley?’

‘Me? Goodness. Whatever for? But go ahead.’

Kerrie was fascinated by the changing expressions on Shirley’s weatherworn face. While Shirley talked, Kerrie made a pencil drawing of her face, which softened as she continued her story, strands of grey hair escaping from the twisted knot on top of her head.

‘That was how it started,’ said Shirley. ‘We found we had so much to talk about. I was keen to hear how Lightning Ridge had changed, the new fields and finds that had happened. I told him about Opal Lake, and the little dugout that my father had made, which now belonged to me. We talked and talked over the next few weeks as he recovered from the mining accident, and I found that I had a lot to think about.’

‘What happened when Stefan left hospital?’ asked Kerrie.

Shirley smiled.

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