Chapter 16: Every Ending Means a New Beginning
The plane trip back to the city was a hell of a lot more comfortable than either the bus or the Petersen family car would have been. It was also much faster and best of all, free. The games of “I-Spy” with the Petersen kids on their way to Newman had frayed Brandon’s last nerve and he realised then that he’d not only turned his back on Gunnanilla, but on teaching, too.
He also thought of Frank. More truthfully, he was wondering what Frank was doing. Wondering whether Frank was thinking of him, knowing that today was his last day in Gunnanilla.
His eyes began to water. He wiped them before his tears had a chance to fall. He put on his headphones, pressed play on his Walkman and lost himself in the latest Madonna album. Despite having a windo
