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A Cowgirl’s Heart - sneak peek
Deb cautiously sipped the ginger beer, hopeful it would ease the nausea that threatened to storm her oesophagus and purge the contents of her stomach. It was getting beyond a joke. She hadn’t managed to keep a full meal down for days now. At first, she put it down to the dodgy servo hotdog she had eaten, but now she was seriously starting to consider that she might have a medical condition on her hands.
There was only one thing left for a crook girl to do—consult Doctor Google. Typing in her symptoms, she took another careful sip. So far, so good. Okay, here we go, she thought as her screen filled with results. Anxiety, poor diet and dehydration, lupus, bowel cancer, irritable bowel syndrome. Geeze, she was seriously ill!
“Are you okay, Deb?” Frankie shifted uneasily in her chair. “You look a little queasy.”
“Actually, she looks flat out like a lizard drinking,” Megan griped. “When you’re ready, dishes need to be done and it’s your turn.”
“Why is she giving a lizard a drink?” Gabi scrunched her face up in confusion. “I didn’t even know she had a pet lizard.”
“It just means she’s not that busy,” Frankie explained. “I’ll do the dishes before I head home. But I’m only doing it because you look awful, Deb. Aren’t you feeling better yet?”
“I don’t think I ever will, unless I can beat cancer,” Deb muttered under her breath.
“What?” Frankie raised her chin in question.
“Never mind. Just talking to myself.”
Megan perched herself on the arm of the sofa. “Guess who I saw this morning at the feed store?”
“Don’t care, I’m dying here.” Deb put her phone down as she accepted the inevitability of her prognosis.
“You’re such a party pooper sometimes, Deb. But I’m going to ignore you.” Megan stuck out her tongue. “I saw Mitch. And that’s not all. I invited him to see the ranch tomorrow.”
Frankie dried her hands on a towel. “I’m going to leave these dishes to drain and head home. Luciano will be home soon, and I don’t want him getting lonely, if you know what I mean.” Frankie winked smugly at the girls.
Deb thought she looked disgustingly happy. A wave of nausea forced her to close her eyes as she battled through it. Opening her eyes again once it passed, she locked them squarely with her friend. “Awesome, Megan,” she said sarcastically. “Just awesome. And now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to be sick.”
Deb’s story, A Cowgirl’s Heart, is available for purchase here on Amazon or free on Kindle Unlimited
Acknowledgments
A debt of gratitude to my editor Rebekah Groves for her patience with me.
Another big thanks to Megan from Designed with Grace for her cover design. Who knew it was so hard to get pictures of hot cowboys that were wearing shirts.
Also by Edith MacKenzie
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Now a mum to a boy and girl, as well as wife, she delights with her tales of strong cowgirls and their adventures in finding love. When not weaving the love stories of her characters, she enjoys hanging out with her family and animals, as well as reading, fishing and camping.
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Glossary of Aussie Slang
Now everyone knows that cobbers from the Land Down Under speak the Queen’s English, but if you don’t know
to Tracky Daks from your Servo, I’ve put together a quick little cheat sheet.
A few stubbies short of a six pack - Crazy
Ankle Bitter - Small child
Arvo - Afternoon
Blind - Intoxicated
Bloody - Very. Used to extenuate a point
Bloody oath - Yes or its true
Bludger - Someone who is lazy
Buggered - Exhausted
Cark it - Die
Choccy Bikkie - Chocolate cookie
Clucky - Feeling maternal
Crook - Feeling sick
Daks - Trousers e.g. Tracky Daks are tracksuit pants
Dog’s breakfast - Messy (does not relate to food), a bit of a shambles
Dry as a dead dingo’s doing - Exceptionally dry
Flat out like a lizard drinking’ - Not doing very much at all
Grog - Alcohol
Hit the frog and toad - Hit the road, get going
Man’s not a camel - A man gets thirsty and would indeed like the beverage you are offering him
Mate - Friend or conversely could be someone you barely know
Pull the wool over someone’s eyes - To trick or mislead someone
Reckon - For sure
Ripsnorter - Can also be interchanged with beaut, bonza. Someone doing something exceptionally good
Servo - Petrol Station
Six one way, half a dozen the other - Undecided
Sparrow Fart - Before the crack of dawn. Very, very early in the morning
Stone the flamin’ crow - An utterance of surprise of annoyance
Struth - God’s truth. Used to express surprise or dismay
She’ll be right - Everything is going to okay
Tell ‘em they’re dreaming - Is never in a million years going to happen
Tighter than a fish’s bum - Said person is very frugal with their money
To blow smoke up someone’s bum - To give praise that might make the other person cocky or overly confident
Up yourself - Stuck up
Ute - Pickup Truck
Whoop whoop - Middle of nowhere
Wrap ya laughing gear ‘round that - Eat this
Yarn - To talk or tell tall tales
Yeah, nay - No
You bloody ripper - Very good, a job well done