Arbour characters usually have depth and are not one dimensional. This chapter reveals more about some who may have come across as stereotypes earlier...
OK, I get that Harlan has it bad, but making breakfast for Bailey? That I didn't expect and of course it worked...
Rayne and Elias at too cute and Huck has sure come a long way!
Well done!
Jex keeps thinking up more ways to spend money...no mention of how much is coming in or whether the cash flow is sufficient to support all these ventures.
He makes one mention of his solitary life, but we still have no clue and from all appearances he is asexual.
Poisonous snakes and spiders are endemic to Australia...and even experienced people can be taken unawares. Fortunately, spider bites do not result in death with only one reported in the last forty years that I could find. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/12/young-man-dies-after-spider-bite-during-australian-bushwalk/