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‘He’s not family. He’s not.’ Dibs gently sits down on the bed, her two hands clutched down beside her, as she looks down at her feet. ‘How could my own husband do this to me?’, she mutters. William sits down beside his mother, placing a hand upon her back. The two sit in silence for a moment, as they reflect on the words recently spoken. ‘I ain’t gonna let him have it, I tell ya,’ adds Dibs. ‘It’ll be okay, mum,’ William responds. ‘He doesn’t have a chance in hell getting this farm. No need to worry about it. Now how about a cuppa?’ William pats Dibs back, before the two lift to their feet, and head downstairs. In the kitchen, Julia sits at the table, reading an article about the upcoming election in the Mallee newspaper. Nugget comes …show more content…

‘Well, Lyle would be an appropriate beneficiary,’ says William. Julia stands up and walks towards the fridge ‘Oh please, Lyle, he’s a loser. He can’t keep his head above his debts and he incapable of knowing what’s best for this farm.’ ‘Well, it’s better a loser than a hot head black fella,’ says William directly to Nugget. ‘What’d you say to me?’ ‘You heard me. Besides, everyone knows you ain’t nothing more than a coon, you don’t deserve a meter of this farm’. William steps back against the wall, as he can see Nugget’s face change with fury. Within a click of the fingers, Nugget’s clenched fist slams into the side of William’s face, blood drops and saliva flies through the air, as he falls to the ground like a sack of potatoes, crowding his hands over his face. ‘That’s enough!’ shouts Dibs. ‘Get out of here Nugget. I don’t want to see ya.’ ‘Don’t worry about me. I won’t be coming back.’ Nugget grabs his hat off the table and flings open the door, almost breaking the hinges. He walks out, slamming it as loud as thunder behind him. ‘Get me some ice, will ya Julia,’ says Dibs, leaning down beside William. ‘Give me a look, son.’ William takes his hands away from his face. Dibs screws up her face, as she looks at how his nose is tilted to the left, with drops of blood dripping from both nostrils. Under his eye appears as red as lobster. William begins to tear up from the pain. ‘Just hold still.’ Dibs grabs both sides of his nose and cracks it back in place. William lets

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