Joey knew all the blokes at the transport section had been too good to him, but wasn’t this going farther than far enough. Macca had told Joey that he was no use to anyone the state he was in. People were too used to seeing him grinning like a pork chop, the stories flowing out of him, but he was a changed man. He knew it himself, sure hadn’t he a face on him as long as today and tomorra since Marti was taken. But what these men were after doing was a heart gladdener.
Macca and the men from the transport section had the house tightly roped. When the winch was in place Macca gave the say-so and it was raised from its stumps. Joey heard the loud c***k of it lifting up and felt the noise like a jab at him. He watched it raised higher, then he watched it lowered on the trailer and every sag a
