Chapter 4
Once Tom pushed his bike up the other side of the empty creek bed, he could see his destination: a farm house and couple of sheds in a patch of grass that was blinding green. None of the black-and-white cows were outside. In summer, when the sun was too hot, they were usually inside the huge shed, where Mr Stuart would bring hay to them. They even had showers to cool them down. Fancy that. Cow showers.
As Tom opened and shut the gate to the farmhouse and walked his bike through, a girl appeared on the veranda of the house. She had straight blond hair that hung loose over her shoulders, and wore a pair of shorts and a white shirt with a cat on it.
"Tom, what are you doing here?"
Ellie. Tom cringed. Just her tone set his teeth one edge, that I-know-better-than-you air she took
