In the early hours of Monday the weather broke heralding a week of heavy rain and storms and that weather curtailed Molly and Danny’s alfresco working and Elisa and Henry’s early morning walks had to be shelved.
The storms also brought the
work on the church and cottages to a halt and the opening of the footbridge was
postponed for a week so as not to tempt fate, as the original bridge was struck
by lightning which caused it to fall into the river.
Jade Bargeron was a Beaumont girl born and bred and her parents still
lived in Spaniards Creek.
Jade was a
popular girl, kind and thoughtful, who made friends easily and kept them
through her gentle nature.
Matt Deighton
was two years older than Jade, but he was not
from the island, he was born and raised in Sharpington.
He arrived at the beginning
of May with Harry Archer in a Luton van loaded to the gunwales with equipment
for the new premises of Archer Ornamental.
He joined Archer’s straight
from school and all of the staff in Sharpington were canvassed to see if any of
them wanted to transfer to the new building but only Matt was interested.
Which suited Harry because he
liked Matt, and they worked well together.
The 10th of July
was Jade’s first day at the Galleon Coffee shop, and she was quite nervous, it
wasn’t that she wanted to be a barista for the rest of her life, but she wanted
to do it well.
The weather was foul, and the
shop had been open for half an hour and not one customer had come in, which
wasn’t helping her nerves at all.
So when the little bell above
the shop door rang and a sad looking, sopping wet young man walked in, she
sprang into action with great efficiency.
He sat down at the table by
the window and pushed the hood of his raincoat off his head.
Jade recognized him, though
she didn’t know his name, she knew he lived in one of the renovated places by
the river.
“Good morning” she said
brightly and took out her little notebook and pencil
“Hey” he responded
“I only started today, you’re
my first customer” she whispered
“So be gentle with me”
“Two Americano’s and a
Capuchino” he said flatly
Jade nodded and turned to
walk away,
“Please” he added which made
her smile.
The foul weather continued
right through until late into Saturday night, so it was a very productive weeks
writing at Cliff Haven.
Elisa spent most afternoons
at the vicarage with Henry teaching him to cook.
Doctors Cameron and Woodward
were a little disgruntled because it was a rare Saturday when Deborah wasn’t
working and the weather was just too wet, so they did the Stephenson’s grocery
shop in the morning and spent the afternoon at her cottage listening to
Puccini.
Sunday was a much nicer day,
but Dr Woodward was on duty, so Stuart continued working on the irregular
shaped piece of Perspex they found on one of their walks.
On Monday the footbridge over
the Spanish River was opened with a small crowd to witness the occasion
including the parish council, Reverends Archer and Noble and Molly, and the
ribbon was cut by local celebrity Danny Nightingale.
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