Chapter 7
I’d barely taken a bite when Rachael waltzed over with a string of men in tow. My plans for a quiet lunch with Mandy disintegrated as Rachael plonked down the other side of me, and the three US Marines sat opposite us.
“Macie, this is Kyle, Austin and Bradley.” Rachael pointed to each man in turn. “They’re Marines.”
Um, yes. I’d figured that bit out already on account of the fact that they’re in uniform, Rachael. “Hi.” I waved then continued eating.
Rachael monopolised the conversation, asking the boys about their life back home.
“We got rattlesnakes back in Texas, but it seems just ‘bout every critter is deadly in Australia,” Bradley said.
“Yeah. The platypus is poisonous, but they’re very shy, so you don’t come across them much,” I said. “It’s the drop bears you have to b
