The resort had all the bungalows nestled in a tropical garden setting
And a number of the bungalows border on the lagoon, which looks great first thing in the morning.
There is also a clubhouse and indoor swimming pool.
And surprise, surprise, there are fish in the lagoon
Of course, a resort wouldn’t be the same without some friendly birds
This book was the effort put into the last NaNoWriMo November 2023 exercise. I have now picked it back up, and working on a more polished first draft for the Editor.
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Facing the music
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With the altercation at the bar spreading like fire through a tinder-dry forest, our boy goes home to see Darcy.
Yes, she already knew what was going on, and no she’s not happy, and yes, she is overjoyed that our boy will be marrying Emily.
Talk about mercurial relatives.
Then there’s that little gathering that Darcy has arranged where he can get roasted for his sins.
And from one person in particular, Xavier, who positively hates her and all her friends.
Like our boy, he had been treated badly by the girl and her friends, and having someone who was her friend wasn’t going to improve his lot. But he did agree to be the best man.
It was not going to be a late night.
The next morning there’s a mission, he has to go and see shotgun Annie.
Yes, you heard it right, shotgun Annie.
Tim’s staunchest female ally, but there is a problem. Just another of many he has to get past.
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This book was the effort put into the last NaNoWriMo November 2023 exercise. I have now picked it back up, and working on a more polished first draft for the Editor.
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A chat with Fred
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The search for Tim was going to be through a baptism of fire. Our boy had to go through his friends to find him.
And Tim’s friends were as belligerent as Tim was. And a friend of Tim was an enemy of our boys.
But, how hard can it be?
To start the quest, he gets another ride in the corporate jet and gets to work with his new PA, Guinevere. Oh, and did she say she used to work for Tim the Ungrateful?
Water under another bridge.
We touch down in town and there’s no time like the present to visit Fred, the staunchest of Tim’s allies, and the man who would know where he is.
With a mountain to climb, our boy goes into the bar where many a fight had played out badly, the bar that is renowned for the farm hands to let off steam.
Yes, there is a fight.
But for a long time our boy has been hiding a talent his father advised him never to use.
Pity this was the time or place.
And Fred discovers, what he always suspected, they had always been allowed to win.
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The resort had all the bungalows nestled in a tropical garden setting
And a number of the bungalows border on the lagoon, which looks great first thing in the morning.
There is also a clubhouse and indoor swimming pool.
And surprise, surprise, there are fish in the lagoon
Of course, a resort wouldn’t be the same without some friendly birds
In keeping with the new travel plan, we are picking places in Australia, where we can exchange our timeshare week.
Some people consider timeshares as a waste of time and money, and the process of getting one is very painful, which it can be.
Certainly, in some of the places we have gone, they tried hard to sell you another which can be a downside to staying, but the fact we get to stay in a three-bedroom fully kitted apartment of bungalow for $200 for the week far outweighs the small inconveniences.
Previously, we stayed at Coffs Harbour, but this time, we decided to stay at Port Macquarie.
Our bungalow, as they are called, is on the edge of the lagoon, which has an island and has been stocked with fish, though I doubt we would be allowed to go fishing in it.
For the more adventurous, there are canoes. I think I would prefer the BBQ, and watch the planes taking off and landing at the airport just on the other side of the tree line on the other side of the lagoon.
At least they are only smaller planes like the De Havilland Dash 8.
And, knowing the airport was only minutes away, we dropped in for a quick photo op and got the following
This book was the effort put into the last NaNoWriMo November 2023 exercise. I have now picked it back up, and working on a more polished first draft for the Editor.
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A chat with Fred
…
The search for Tim was going to be through a baptism of fire. Our boy had to go through his friends to find him.
And Tim’s friends were as belligerent as Tim was. And a friend of Tim was an enemy of our boys.
But, how hard can it be?
To start the quest, he gets another ride in the corporate jet and gets to work with his new PA, Guinevere. Oh, and did she say she used to work for Tim the Ungrateful?
Water under another bridge.
We touch down in town and there’s no time like the present to visit Fred, the staunchest of Tim’s allies, and the man who would know where he is.
With a mountain to climb, our boy goes into the bar where many a fight had played out badly, the bar that is renowned for the farm hands to let off steam.
Yes, there is a fight.
But for a long time our boy has been hiding a talent his father advised him never to use.
Pity this was the time or place.
And Fred discovers, what he always suspected, they had always been allowed to win.
…
This book was the effort put into the last NaNoWriMo November 2023 exercise. I have now picked it back up, and working on a more polished first draft for the Editor.
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Where’s Tim?
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Our boy quickly realizes there’s going to be no help from Emily. She is too mad at him for deserting his grandmother, nor is she going with the search party.
One is the loneliest number…
On the bright side, Genevieve, the go-to girl when everything goes to hell in a handbasket, is handing off to the new PA the grandmother has appointed for him. Guinevere.
She and Genevieve are twins. And scarily alike. They almost talk in unison, and they cannot be identified when together.
Married life is going to be fun when each has their PA with them, and their together.
However…
She had organised the corporate jet and their embarking for the hometown because our boy knows Tim’s friends are there, one in particular, Fred.
Of course, Fred hates our boy as much as Tim so getting information out of him is going to be interesting.
So is going home and breaking the news of the proposal to Darcy.
The runaway train just sped up a little more.
…
In keeping with the new plan for travel, we are picking places in Australia, where we can exchange our time share week.
Some people consider time shares as a waste of time and money, and the process of getting one very painful, which it can be.
Certainly some of the places we have gone they ti hard sell you another which can be a downside to staying, but tge fact we get to stay in a three bedroom fully kitted apartment of bungalow for $200 for the week far outweighs the small inconveniences.
Previously, we stayed at Coffs Harbour, but this time, we decided to stay at Port Macquarie.
Our bungalow, as they are called, is on the edge of the lagoon, which had an island and has been stocked with fish, though I doubt we would be allowed to go fishing in it.
For the more adventurous, there are canoes. I think I would prefer the BBQ, and watch the planes taking off and landing at the airport just on the other side of the tree line on the other side of the lagoon.
At least they are only smaller planes like the De Havilland Dash 8.
And, knowing the airport was only minutes away, we dropped in for a quick photo op and got the following
This book was the effort put into the last NaNoWriMo November 2023 exercise. I have now picked it back up, and working on a more polished first draft for the Editor.
…
Where’s Tim?
…
Our boy quickly realizes there’s going to be no help from Emily. She is too mad at him for deserting his grandmother, nor is she going with the search party.
One is the loneliest number…
On the bright side, Genevieve, the go-to girl when everything goes to hell in a handbasket, is handing off to the new PA the grandmother has appointed for him. Guinevere.
She and Genevieve are twins. And scarily alike. They almost talk in unison, and they cannot be identified when together.
Married life is going to be fun when each has their PA with them, and their together.
However…
She had organised the corporate jet and their embarking for the hometown because our boy knows Tim’s friends are there, one in particular, Fred.
Of course, Fred hates our boy as much as Tim so getting information out of him is going to be interesting.
So is going home and breaking the news of the proposal to Darcy.
The runaway train just sped up a little more.
…
This book was the effort put into the last NaNoWriMo November 2023 exercise. I have now picked it back up, and working on a more polished first draft for the Editor.
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Another request
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This requests that people ask of you, and in the same breath tell you they will not think less of you if you don’t want to do it … if you say no, you might as well jump out of the frying pan and into the fire and get it over with.
The grandmother is not a woman to say no to, even if it’s an order to jump off a cliff. Before she was dying, our boy would have been terrified of her, as would anyone between the ages of 1 and 100.
Now she is, there had to be a limit on the number of deathbed wishes she could ask.
But, irrespective of what the readers may think, our boy knows he’s doing this for the greater good, that it’s Emily’s grandmother, and she would ask him to do anything impossible.
Would she?
Of course, she would.
What’s the one thing he would not want to do?
Find Tim and bring him back so that she can see him one more time before she dies.
Of course, it doesn’t help that Tim despises her as much as everyone else in his family, and most of all, our boy.
And unfortunately, this cannot be put into the too-hard basket.
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Thrills, Spills, and just a dash of Romance 