A country farm house..set in a lush valley of a thousand acres.
"There you go two sets of keys to the house and two for the sheds." Dan Walters says smiling at the pretty red head.
Holding out her hand he takes it and as she shakes it she states. " Great doing business with you Dan and I'll be in touch as soon as I'm ready to lease some more land."
Smiling he asks her one more time if she'd let him buy her dinner but once again she declines.
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Two months pass ..
Stevie places the phone down and with a huge smile on her face grabs her hat and walks down the hallway.
Stopping at the second bedroom door she moves in and grabs her watch.
Fastening it around her wrist as she moves to the back door.
...
As she walks across to the cattle yards a Ute drives in with the air horns blaring.
Frowning she looks annoyed.
Her face brightens as he climbs from the car .
She runs.
He laughs loudly as he hugs her.
"You're looking well Stevie." He remarks.
" Oh Ben I'm really well but I feel so much better now that you're here." She says smiling up at him.
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The cousins chatter on for awhile and then he looks at her seriously and asks. " Did you go and see him like you promised me you would?"
She nods her head as he smiles at her . " And ?"
Shaking her head she replies. " And nothing Ben ."
" You didn't tell him did you?" He pushes.
...
She flexes her hands in her gloves and looking at then replies." I couldn't Ben he's happy and he's with Claire and she's got a little baby girl."
" So we move forward with just us." He says softly.
He watches her, sadness oozing from her as she nods slowly.
He grins when she shakes it off and says . " Great timing Benny boy the trucks will be here soon and our empire begins. "
Turning her back towards the yards he playfully puts his arm around her shoulder and says. " I'm always here for the big moments in your life."
She smiles and replies. "Yep you're the one man I can count on every time."
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...Drovers Run...boundary fence..
Jodi and Tess pull up at the fence .
Climbing from the car both girls call greetings.
" Hi ! You're a bit late. " Nick replies.
Arriving at the fence answers. " Yeah sorry about that Claire was supposed to be back but she never showed."
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" I'll forgive you if you'll let me buy you dinner at the pub tonight. " Nick offers.
Tess gets a cheeky smile on her face and asks. " Beer too?"
Grinning from ear to ear Nick replies ." An entire keg if you want."
She giggles and replies." One and I'm fun , two and I'm anybody's."
"If I buy one and a half would you be mine then?" He asks playfully.
Looking coy she turns and calls over shoulder . " Lets wait and see shall we ."
Grinning he lifts the crowbar and continues working on the post...
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"Any word from Alex?" Jodi asks.
Shaking his head Nick replies . "Not a word he's in far North Queensland at the moment though."
Jodi looks puzzled. "How do you know that if you haven't heard from him?"
" Bank statements Jodes. He's following the circuit again." Nick replies.
Jodi nods.
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