By Fleur McDonald
Purple airborne dirt and dust opens with Gemma Sinclair grieving the demise of her husband, Adam, in a bad aircraft crash and studying she's inherited the 10,000 hectare station his kinfolk has labored for generations.Despite large scepticism from surrounding landowners, Gemma comes to a decision to not promote Billbinya, brushing off Adam's death phrases that he is in difficulty and he or she needs to promote the station.As if the task of retaining the station going is not adequate, a wave of innuendo sweeps during the local people approximately Adam's involvement in livestock and sheep duffing. There are even whispers the aircraft crash used to be no coincidence. a trip from the police confirms the rumours, with Gemma learning that not just used to be Adam concerned, yet has ultimately implicated her through the use of Billbinya as a maintaining station for the stolen stock.Intent on clearing her identify, Gemma determines to unravel what used to be occurring. within the procedure, she's stunned to find the masterminds at the back of the duffing are former institution pals, and relied on inventory agent and buddy are someway involved.When Gemma is ultimately cleared of any wrongdoing, she comes to a decision to place the prior at the back of her and go back to the family members farm - a brand new love by way of her aspect.
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Well, don’t worry about anything on the farm. Bulla, Garry and I can deal with it. ’ ‘Mmm,’ said Jake as his eyes began to close again. Gemma settled into a chair on one side of his bed and her mother sat on the other side, each holding a hand. ’ Her father’s tone was quiet but serious. Gemma looked across at him. ‘Is it really important, Dad? ’ There was a look of indecision on his face, battling with fatigue. ‘You and I need to have a long talk when I get back from the city, okay? ’ The intensity of his words alarmed Gemma.
Anyhow, what’s bothering you? I know there’s something wrong. ’ Jess’s stomach constricted. ’ she said brightly. ‘Nothing’s wrong with me. ’ ‘Uh huh,’ said Gemma, clearly not convinced but deciding not to pursue it. ‘What about that bloke you’ve been seeing . . what was his name? ’ cried Jess huffily, leaning over to thump Gemma through the swag. ‘He’s wonderful,’ she said dreamily. ’ Gemma teased. ‘This one is different,’ Jess said. Tall, dark hair . ’ ‘He’s great,’ continued Jess, ignoring Gemma.
They ran all the cattle through the gates, with both Ben and Ned counting. Bulla and Jack kept the cattle coming through, while Garry brought more mobs in from different paddocks. After they had finished, Ned, Ben and Gemma went back to the homestead for a coffee, while Garry, Bulla and Jack returned the cattle to their paddocks. Ned busily added up numbers from counts done in the weeks before and laid them all out on the table for Gemma to go through when she sat down. ‘Now, Gemma, these figures don’t square up with what Adam had recorded.