Wind in the Wires
“‘We’re going home.’ She’d taken an early call from her mother. Gerry had flown home from Tasmania.
Cara pulled the blanket over her head and told her to go home if she wanted to go home.
‘I’m not driving all that way by myself. Get up. I’ve already told your mother we’re going and she looked relieved to be getting rid of me.’ ‘It’s too late to start today.’ ‘It will be if you don’t get out of that bed. Come on, on your feet.’ ‘That’s not the way we work up here. We plan trips for a month, Cath....’ ‘You won’t have a month to live unless you’re in that car in ten minutes.’ They left at nine, Myrtle and Robert waving, and not appearing too unhappy about their daughter’s sudden departure.
Two brief stops for eats and petrol, and twelve hours later they drove into Ballarat, the passenger more weary than the driver, who was halfway across the road before Cara’s feet were on the ground.
‘Nice to see you, Cathy,’ Gwen Bryant yelled after her.
‘Two minutes, Mum.’ Cara received Gwen’s welcoming kiss.MoreLess
Cara pulled the blanket over her head and told her to go home if she wanted to go home.
‘I’m not driving all that way by myself. Get up. I’ve already told your mother we’re going and she looked relieved to be getting rid of me.’ ‘It’s too late to start today.’ ‘It will be if you don’t get out of that bed. Come on, on your feet.’ ‘That’s not the way we work up here. We plan trips for a month, Cath....’ ‘You won’t have a month to live unless you’re in that car in ten minutes.’ They left at nine, Myrtle and Robert waving, and not appearing too unhappy about their daughter’s sudden departure.
Two brief stops for eats and petrol, and twelve hours later they drove into Ballarat, the passenger more weary than the driver, who was halfway across the road before Cara’s feet were on the ground.
‘Nice to see you, Cathy,’ Gwen Bryant yelled after her.
‘Two minutes, Mum.’ Cara received Gwen’s welcoming kiss.MoreLess
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