Chapter 29
‘I’m going for a drive, Unkie.’ No point hanging around. Ray had hardly touched his meal, or the trifle, even with his favourite crushed walnuts on top. Pushed the food around the plate was all, and his gloom was infectious. Penny had no appetite either. Her head ached and her stomach churned. Whether it was Colleen’s gossip, or her pregnancy, or a virus, she didn’t know and she didn’t care. She took the Binburra Road, glad to be out of the house.
Fraser was waiting for her on the verandah, looking frailer than the last time she’d seen him. McGregor hovered protectively nearby. Fraser beckoned her inside, and Penny followed him to the lounge room, barely noticing the enormous white marble fireplace that she usually marvelled at. A giant’s fireplace. As far as she knew it had n
