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even
anyone smoking. It was a bit of a let down really.
Taking a seat
on the hammock, Daisy swung back and forth humming to the music.
This was fun but it wasn’t her scene and these people didn’t know
her, so apart from Joseph the driver and the twins, who turned out
to be Henry’s personal physiotherapist and masseuse, nobody paid
her any heed. She thought it quite strange. At home, everyone went
out of their way to make new people welcome. Here, she was merely
one of a crowd.
“ There you are.”
Daisy looked
up to find Henry standing beside the hammock, a broad smile on his
face and two plates of food and some champagne in his hands.
“ I’ve been looking everywhere.” Henry indicated the empty
space on the hammock beside her. “May I?”
Swinging her
legs over the side of the hammock so that her feet rest on the
ground, Daisy sat up. “Sure.”
Henry sat
down, handing Daisy a plate of food, already cut into bite-sized
pieces and a glass of champagne. “What’re you up to, out here on
your own?”
“ I was watching the stars. I like stars.”
“ Yeah, me too. Being in the city all the time, you don’t get
to see too many stars but this is awesome. So serene. I’d kill to
have this view to look at every night.”
“ It’s like this most nights at my place. You never get used to
it. The sky’s always changing. It’s like a living
portrait.”
Henry picked a
few bits of burger off his plate. He tossed them into his mouth and
swallowed without chewing. “It’s funny that we met now, isn’t
it?”
“ How do you mean?” Daisy didn’t think there was anything funny
about it at all. She was still in the unbelievable
phase.
“ Well, here we are both loving the stars and the countryside,
both having marriages that failed for various reasons, both loving
sheep….”
Daisy grinned.
“I don’t think you really love sheep. I think you made that bit
up.”
“ Okay, you got me there. But that’s only because I haven’t had
a lot to do with them. But I’d love to learn.”
“ Seriously?”
Hawk Moon
herding a flock of sheep or drenching and crutching them was
something Daisy found quite hard to imagine. Even country people
didn’t like the thought of that.
“ Yep. And after meeting Marsha last night, the idea came back
to me again. I’ve always wanted to live on a farm. In fact, I
bought a homestead and three hundred acres up north with the money
I earnt from my second album.”
“ What do you plan on doing with it? That’s an awful lot of
land.”
“ I want to go there when I retire. Learn to live self
sufficiently ~ in style, of course ~ raise animals and look at the
stars every night.”
“ You do realise you’d have to kill the animals?” Daisy
smirked, remembering the lamb the previous evening.
“ Very funny.”
“ And you’d give up performing? For good?”
“ I guess so. Music’s a fickle industry. The fans might hate me
next week. I have to live for the moment.”
“ But you also want to plan for when the moment isn’t there
anymore?” Daisy guessed.
Henry nodded.
“I never thought about it like that, but you’re right. You’re quite
a deep thinker for a country girl, Daisy Darling.”
“ Flatterer.”
Daisy
concentrated on her plate for a second, pretending to choose which
bite to eat next. The more she learned about Henry, the more she
liked him. Not because he was famous, rich and extraordinarily
good-looking but because of the qualities he exuded. He was a real
man. It was just such a pity that their worlds could never blend
successfully. Anyone with half a brain could see that the country
girl and the rock star weren’t good ingredients for relationship
pie.
As they ate
Henry began to swing them back and forth gently by pushing his foot
against the ground.
“ Do you think that’s a wise move with food?” Daisy asked,
worried that at any moment she would be wearing the remains of her
dinner on her chest.
“ I’m a seasoned hammock
anyone smoking. It was a bit of a let down really.
Taking a seat
on the hammock, Daisy swung back and forth humming to the music.
This was fun but it wasn’t her scene and these people didn’t know
her, so apart from Joseph the driver and the twins, who turned out
to be Henry’s personal physiotherapist and masseuse, nobody paid
her any heed. She thought it quite strange. At home, everyone went
out of their way to make new people welcome. Here, she was merely
one of a crowd.
“ There you are.”
Daisy looked
up to find Henry standing beside the hammock, a broad smile on his
face and two plates of food and some champagne in his hands.
“ I’ve been looking everywhere.” Henry indicated the empty
space on the hammock beside her. “May I?”
Swinging her
legs over the side of the hammock so that her feet rest on the
ground, Daisy sat up. “Sure.”
Henry sat
down, handing Daisy a plate of food, already cut into bite-sized
pieces and a glass of champagne. “What’re you up to, out here on
your own?”
“ I was watching the stars. I like stars.”
“ Yeah, me too. Being in the city all the time, you don’t get
to see too many stars but this is awesome. So serene. I’d kill to
have this view to look at every night.”
“ It’s like this most nights at my place. You never get used to
it. The sky’s always changing. It’s like a living
portrait.”
Henry picked a
few bits of burger off his plate. He tossed them into his mouth and
swallowed without chewing. “It’s funny that we met now, isn’t
it?”
“ How do you mean?” Daisy didn’t think there was anything funny
about it at all. She was still in the unbelievable
phase.
“ Well, here we are both loving the stars and the countryside,
both having marriages that failed for various reasons, both loving
sheep….”
Daisy grinned.
“I don’t think you really love sheep. I think you made that bit
up.”
“ Okay, you got me there. But that’s only because I haven’t had
a lot to do with them. But I’d love to learn.”
“ Seriously?”
Hawk Moon
herding a flock of sheep or drenching and crutching them was
something Daisy found quite hard to imagine. Even country people
didn’t like the thought of that.
“ Yep. And after meeting Marsha last night, the idea came back
to me again. I’ve always wanted to live on a farm. In fact, I
bought a homestead and three hundred acres up north with the money
I earnt from my second album.”
“ What do you plan on doing with it? That’s an awful lot of
land.”
“ I want to go there when I retire. Learn to live self
sufficiently ~ in style, of course ~ raise animals and look at the
stars every night.”
“ You do realise you’d have to kill the animals?” Daisy
smirked, remembering the lamb the previous evening.
“ Very funny.”
“ And you’d give up performing? For good?”
“ I guess so. Music’s a fickle industry. The fans might hate me
next week. I have to live for the moment.”
“ But you also want to plan for when the moment isn’t there
anymore?” Daisy guessed.
Henry nodded.
“I never thought about it like that, but you’re right. You’re quite
a deep thinker for a country girl, Daisy Darling.”
“ Flatterer.”
Daisy
concentrated on her plate for a second, pretending to choose which
bite to eat next. The more she learned about Henry, the more she
liked him. Not because he was famous, rich and extraordinarily
good-looking but because of the qualities he exuded. He was a real
man. It was just such a pity that their worlds could never blend
successfully. Anyone with half a brain could see that the country
girl and the rock star weren’t good ingredients for relationship
pie.
As they ate
Henry began to swing them back and forth gently by pushing his foot
against the ground.
“ Do you think that’s a wise move with food?” Daisy asked,
worried that at any moment she would be wearing the remains of her
dinner on her chest.
“ I’m a seasoned hammock
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