Daniel

She was watching out of the window above the kitchen sink when that boy turned up in his tractor again. Melissa had been out at the woodshed and came into the yard to see what was going on. Helen tutted as she watched the lad talk to her, gesturing and smiling, all the while never getting down from his tractor cab, as if wanting to remain at a higher level.
‘She’s twenty years older than him,’ muttered Helen although she had to admit Melissa looked younger. The Guyanese woman may have been massively proportioned but her skin was still smooth and unwrinkled. Helen continued to watch from the window, resisting the urge to go out there and interrupt whatever it was that was going on. In the end it was Naomi, who came out to the front door of her cottage, a barber jacket on over her dressing gown that but a stop to his advances.
‘You here for the trailer, Daniel?’ called the old woman over the noise of the idling tractor.
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‘He’s my nephew, but from Owen’s side of the family. They moved up here after the reditus and are working one of the old Meldrew holdings. They send Danny up to borrow farm equipment. His mum is nice enough. If he gets out of hand, I’ll have a word with her.’
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