CHAPTER FIVE
The next day Harriet drove Meghan to their neighbor’s station. The homestead was similar to the one at Brigadier’s—low set with deep shady verandas surrounded with shade trees. The dehydrated paddocks surrounding it were empty except for the occasional whisper of brown dust.
Maddie Sears welcomed her with a friendly hug. Her smile was genuine and honest. This was a woman who could become a good friend, despite being a few years older than Meghan. Like most outback women, Maddie wore her auburn hair long and tied back, her sun-bronzed face was etched with faint worry lines.
"What do you think of the country?" Maddie asked as she poured hot tea into mugs.
"It's bigger than I expected," Meghan replied accepting her cup. "There’s a vastness I hadn’t expected."
Maddie smiled k
