Chapter Twelve – The Main Chance
Jane lifted her drowsy head up from where it rested on her forearm. An engine growled somewhere down on the Stuart Highway, distant and indistinct but approaching. Her weary eyes narrowed, staring across the wavering mirage above the garden. The early afternoon heat waves rolled off the bluegrass, giving a false impression of a breeze. The motor’s pitch sounded deep and throaty. Her heart fluttering, she hoped the rumble belonging to Ethan’s ute.
A Holden Trax turned into the drive, Jane’s eyes once again narrowing from suspicion. Rising from the woven white chair, her achy body resisted. Relaxing, she recognized the driver: her dad’s younger brother Paul, her cousin Amanda riding in the passing seat. All of fifteen, she leapt from the SUV and sprinted fo
