Her eyes were gritty and burning, and her throat felt tight. When she reached for her crutches to make her way to the loo, she felt like she was carrying around the lead apron they used for X-rays. Steve rolled over to face her as she hefted herself back into bed and pulled the covers up. ‘You mu...
‘How did they go?’ ‘Okay. I didn’t exactly put them through their paces – just trotted them out to the old tank and back. Howie and Bell are happy enough, but God, Paycheque is a real grump. Aren’t you?’ She laughed, and scratched the horse behind the ears. Jack took the t...
Bob and Cara had been highly insulted to have been subjected to being washed. They were so well-behaved they’d merely stood and scowled, and then shaken themselves off furiously, as though shaking off the embarrassment of it all. Damien had laughed at how they had enjoyed being towelled off, espe...
She wasn’t hung-over from her night with Barbara and David, or even all that tired. She just felt like indulging herself, which she rarely did. And it was pouring with rain outside again. It was nice listening to it beating down on the iron roof, and she’d managed to stop ...