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.`You see the two places oppositeeach other at the end of the street? Well, the larger one on the right is the hotel, the one on the left is thestore.'`It doesn't look very big,' she commented thoughtfully.`What were you expecting,.a department store?'Sparing only enough time to send him a speaking glance, Rebel swung her gaze downwards again.`Isthat a house attached to the rear of it?'`Yes, that's the storekeeper's residence all right.'And that was where Van would be right at the moment !No, she just as rapidly amended after taking a look at her watch, it was a little after nine, so he wouldprobably be in the store by now.She hugged her arms about her midriff excitedly.He would becompletely unsuspecting, and she was about to spring the surprise of his life on him!They were beginning to lose height now and as they completed their turn and came in to land Rebelfound herself staring straight towards the green, shrub-covered slopes of Mount Cavanagh and it joggedher memory.`You never did get around to telling me whether the road out there was any good,' she reminded Murrayon feeling the wheels touch down and their momentum begin to ease considerably.At the end of the strip he turned and taxied the plane back towards the town.`Yes, well, I think I'd beinclined to call it scenic rather than anything else,' he furnished finally, drily.`In other words, it's lousy.' she interpreted with an uncaring chuckle.Right at present nothing couldfile:///E|/My%20Library/books/ROMANCE/kerry%20a.%20pitereeka%20TXT/REUNION%20AT%20PITEREEKA.txt (28 of 100)05/05/2010 14:39:23 file:///E|/My%20Library/books/ROMANCE/kerry%20allyne/1980%20%20reunion%20at%20pitereeka%20TXT/REUNION%20AT%20PITEREEKA.txtdampen her good spirits.`But pretty,' he inserted irrepressibly.`Although I must admit that it has been known to suffer wash-outsand the like.'`Sounds positively delightful,' she quipped drolly.`I'm beginning to think it isn't only to cut down on thelong distances that everyone out here chooses to fly their own planes either ! And talking about roads,'she continued before he had a chance to reply, and with a note of dismay entering her voice, `it neveroccurred to me until now, but just how am I supposed to get to town from here?' She gazed wide-eyedacross the mile or so of ground which separated the two.`No worries, you can go back with Jocelyn and the mail,' he pit her mind at ease as he helped her overthe wing and down on to the ground.`That's a relief,' she smiled gratefully.`Who's Jocelyn?''Jocelyn Wymer, the postmistress.Here she comes now.'Rebel swung around in time to see an old car of dubious capability bumping and rattling over the striptowards them.It was brought to a shuddering halt beside the plane and a very large woman in her mid-fifties alighted.Immediately she headed for the luggage compartment.`Morning, Murray.You got much for us today?' he was greeted with an easily familiarity as she openedthe back of the car and began pulling out more of those blue mail bags.Murray, meanwhile, was offloading some of his.`Morning, Jocelyn.There's a fair bit,' he returned in thesame condensed fashion.`What have you got for me?'`Not much.' The last pile taken out, she watched as he started to reload them in the plane.`You got apassenger too, I see.'Still continuing with the exchange of mail, Murray made the necessary introductions as concisely aspossible, but after her first taciturn acknowledgment the older woman's brows drew together in a frown.`Rebel Hayward,' she repeated thoughtfully.`With a name like that you'd have to be a relative of VandalHayward.'`Yes, he's my brother,' Rebel laid claim to the family tie with eager pride.Jocelyn eyed her consideringly for a couple of seconds.`There is a slight resemblance, at that,' sheallowed eventually.`But I haven't heard him say anything about a sister arriving.`That's because he doesn't know yet,' Rebel revealed gaily, her eyes shining with happiness.`It's beenquite a few years since I saw him last and I wanted to surprise him.'`You think that's wise?'The dourly voiced question stripped some of Rebel's confidence away and left her feeling inexplicablyunsure of herself.'I.I don't know what you mean,' she stammered.`Oh, take no notice of Jocelyn, she just hates surprises of any kind,, that's all,' Murray advised with ashort laugh as he lowered her case to the ground beside her.`She likes to know exactly what's going tohappen, and when, for every minute of the day.'Rebel smiled her thanks for the action and released a shaky breath.`I see,' she murmured faintly
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