Chapter 55
Tama passed his fire service training three months later and a heavily pregnant Hana cried her eyes out at the ceremony as promised. He stood tall in his dark uniform and stared straight ahead, his life finally beginning at the tender age of twenty-one.
Odering removed his makeshift command centre from Nev’s house and the family moved back in. Flick was not seen on the mountain again and Sacha recovered enough to go back to work. Hana stayed away from Jack and the stable yard, throwing herself into her daughter’s care and playing housewife with enthusiasm. But she still felt watched.
“Do you ever get this feeling that somebody’s observing you? It’s this flesh-creeping sensation that makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck.” Hana used the iron on the delicate fabric
