CHAPTER NINETEEN
Although she’d not expected to sleep, Charlotte did. Dreams of the bushland, the falls, and the tiny kingfisher followed her after waking at dawn. Her sense of being part of the environment grew with each visit to the lookout or the pool. And now she had a new place to explore, behind the bookshop’s garden.
With a coffee in hand, she wandered around the garden as early sunlight peeked over the fence. The pine tree was in good health now after its shaky start, and she’d need to speak to Darcy before long to find out where to plant it.
“I’ll miss you, little tree.” She touched the top which was now almost as tall as she was. “But you will go live in the forest on the farm somewhere, or around one of the sportsgrounds.”
Talking to a tree wasn’t the least bit strange. As l
