Chelsea held his hand, and they crossed the bridge and wandered down the path to where Barry was packing up his camera.
“The garden looks amazing!”
Barry grinned.“Well the fire made it a little easier.Not such thick grass to get through.I should have some good video.I’ll email you when it goes up.”
“Thank you so much.”She hugged the man and the three of them gathered his things and walked him and his colleague back to his car and trailer.
“Make sure you shower before you go.Can I get you something to eat or drink?”
Barry shook his head.“Nah.I need to get home to the family this evening.I’ll freshen up and then hit the road.I’ll have the videos up by Monday.”
“All right.Then I’ll see you on the Honeybrook Fair weekend.”
He grinned.“Sounds good to me.”
After he left, Ethan said, “I’m going to run to the shops and get food for dinner.Do you need anything?”
“Yes.I wanted to get ingredients for some of Aunt Maggie’s biscuits.”
Ethan grinned.“I’ll buy.I haven’t had a Father’s Favourite in years.”
They walked back to the house to find Heath climbing down from the roof after cleaning the gutters.
“All in place?”Ethan asked.
“Yeah.Feed looks good.”
Chelsea frowned.“What feed?”
Perhaps he should have mentioned it to Chelsea before going ahead.“Heath’s set up surveillance on the buildings so we can record anyone who comes into the garden tonight.”
“Oh.”
“It’s temporary,” Heath assured her.“We’ll take it down when we catch whoever’s doing this.Same as any mission.”
She raised her eyebrows.“Am I your mission?”
He grinned.“Well, kind of.Saving Lilydale, protecting you, and helping Hawk here.”
She glanced at Ethan.
“Nickname.”
“From the actor?”
He grinned, pleased she’d picked it.“It was Dobby’s idea.”
They headed inside.“Thank you for cleaning the gutters, Heath.”Chelsea got out her phone and crossed something off her list.
“My pleasure.What’s next?”
She hesitated as she entered the kitchen and pulled out a bottle of cold water, handing it to Heath.
Ethan could practically hear her doubts about whether she could ask Heath to do more.“They came here to work, Chels.”
Heath nodded.
She took three deep breaths as she blinked back the tears and straightened with a smile.“Then I guess we need to mulch the branches Rhys is chopping down.We can mulch the garden beds Mila and Dobby are working on to keep the weeds at bay until I plant something new.”
