“The first thing was that someone started cutting wire fences and mixing stock up,” Nev began haltingly. “It seemed random but definitely deliberate. Then they cut the electricity to the main house and it cost a fortune to repair. That was when Logan and Hana were away and we had to pay to have it all reconnected. The power company said the line was deliberately cut. We’ve had native trees felled across bush tracks and electric fences turned off. The stock’s been shifted round heaps of times and the mares have been let loose into crops that were meant to be for winter feed. Hana had the window smashed on her and now this with the stock being in your garden.”
“Our water tanks were emptied too,” Hana added. She leaned with her backside against the sink while the men ate, not wanting to intr
