Chapter 18
After breakfast I invited Bane to come for a walk around the paddocks with me, hoping it would help to smooth out my curled-up memories. Autumn was a gorgeous time of year on a sheep farm. Everything that had been dry and dusty finally began to heal with the first of the rains, and the new grass grew in frenzied bursts to try to beat the first frosts. Autumn lambs bounced everywhere, clean and new. There was something about the smell of sheep that made everything feel right. Automatically, I checked on every water trough and dam level we passed as I had done ever since I could walk, and noticed every loose bit of fencing wire and every wobbly post along the way. Unlike before, I also noticed the way the trees slept as they waited for their next drink, and the way sunlight bounc
